Tebow’s faith sets divine example By Boston Herald Columnist Joe Fitzgerald

By Joe Fitzgerald Boston Herald                    
         
The hullabaloo over Tim Tebow’s radiant faith says a lot more about his mockers than it does about him, for clearly this is a man quite comfortable in his own skin.
Christianity, to him, is not about a religion, but a personal relationship which, in his mind, had its roots back in his mother’s womb.
Pam Tebow ignited a similar furor two winters ago, when she obtained a 30-second Super Bowl spot to tell of how doctors implored her to terminate a pregnancy, concerned the unborn baby she was carrying might have been damaged by medicine she had ingested.
But she chose life, and that son she delivered 24 years ago is now the praying quarterback of the Denver Broncos who’ll be taking on the Patriots [team stats] tomorrow afternoon.
In constantly crediting and thanking God for where his path has taken him, Tebow has infuriated secularists as much as his mother enraged abortionists; like Mom, he knows what he believes, and why, and is not the least bit ashamed to proclaim it, which makes him a very odd duck in today’s world.
But didn’t Kris Kristofferson say pretty much the same thing in penning: “Why me, Lord? What have I ever done to deserve even one of the pleasures I’ve known?” That song became an American classic because it struck a chord with Americans who understood and shared its sentiment.
In today’s culture, however, the tendency is to leave God out of the equation when pondering our success, as if we alone control all outcomes.
American history begs to differ.
In the midst of the Civil War that threatened to rupture this country, Abraham Lincoln urged Americans to get onto their knees, the way Tebow does today.
“We have forgotten God,” Lincoln lamented, “and vainly imagined that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.”
Imagine an American president saying that today?
Sadly, we’ve allowed ourselves to become an America where merchants dare not utter “Merry Christmas,” though “O Little Town of Bethlehem” is playing in the background.
But once in a while, such as the aftermath of 9/11 when even our Supreme Court gathered for a time of prayer, we recall why we profess to be “one nation, under God.”
Tim Tebow, by his example, simply reminds us we have reason to be grateful every day. So he says, “Thank you, Lord.” Good for him.