Sunday, December 09, 2007

"A Powerful Witness"
Saturday, December 8, 2007. Dateline New York City, United States of America. As I watched ESPN and the 73rd Heisman presentation I, the Flower Child, was overcome with emotion. The program featured the four finalist for the 2007 Heisman Trophy. Each of the final four had a dynamic and power witness. Anyone of the four could and would have been a worthy and appropriate winner.
When Tim Tebow was announced as the Winner, the first Sophmore to ever do so, he proceeded to the podium and extended his gratitude to a host of people. Most importantly, he witnessed to the power of Jesus Christ in his life. WOW!!!!!! I thought. A young man winning a very prestigious award in the Sports World and he felt so free and confident to talk about his God. He stated that during his life he kept the following scheme which had always served him well:
1 His Faith
2 His Family
3 His Education
4 His Football
During an interview with Tim's Mom she indicated that when he was a youngester that they encouraged Tim to follow in the footsteps of a young Danny Wuerfell who won the coveted Heisman in 1996. Tim's Coach also stated that he studied game films for 7 to 8 hours on Sunday.
Tim Tebow will go down in the record books as a star in the History of Football. However, parents can certainly point their children, both boys and girls to Tim Tebow as a role model that they can emulate. Tim, just like Danny, and a host of others, can be proud of their accomplishments. What is so refreshing about Tim Tebow in 2007 is that he was so comfortable with openly stating his value systems. A confident young man.
For a bit of information concerning the Heisman Trophy and the individual who it is named after I include this:
"John W. Heisman"
An Innovator of the Game

As the tradition of the Heisman Memorial Trophy grows with each passing year, the life of the man memorialized by the award fades into the annals of history. No one more thoroughly studied the dynamics of football, nor witnessed more closely the game's evolution, nor personally knew more immortals of the gridiron, nor effected more change in the game's development, than John W. Heisman.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 23, 1869, John William Heisman grew up on the oil fields of northwest Pennsylvania, in the town of Titusville. John Heisman's first football games were a hodgepodge of soccer/rugby. In 1887, at age 17, he left Titusville for Brown University where he played a form of club football with his class mates. After two years, in the fall of 1889, he transferred to Penn to pursue his law degree. Though outsized at 5'8" and 158lbs, he played varsity football for three years as guard, center, tackle, and, at times, end.

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