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By Scott Ludwig, MagicLudwig@gmail.com
God is the original Promise Maker. He is also the very first Promise Keeper. His promise is one of comfort, peace, and strength; of salvation, eternal life, and the everlasting Holy Spirit.
It’s a hard act to follow.
But I know of one young man who is giving it his very best shot.
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I first became aware of Tim Tebow when he was the quarterback for Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Cindy and I have relatives living there, and they spoke often of the home-schooled left-hander, who threw for 390 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for another two scores and led his team to a 44 – 37 win over Seffner Armwood to win the 4A Florida high school championship in 2005.
In December of 2005, Tebow committed to playing football for the University of Florida, the alma mater of my wife and I. It goes without saying that we instantly became two of his biggest fans – although I’ll say it anyway.
Case in point: We were screaming in the Swamp when Tebow made his legendary jump pass against LSU in 2006 in his freshman season. I distinctly remember telling Cindy in that moment ‘the legend is born.’ Two months later, we were cheering in Atlanta as the Gators won the SEC Championship by defeating Arkansas. We were on the edge of our seats watching at home as Florida won the National Championship game against Ohio State out in Arizona in the wee hours of a January morning in 2007.
And that was just in Tebow’s freshman season. He won the Heisman the following year, and another National Championship the year after that. It was one of the highlights of my life to be in the stands in Miami for the latter to see the Gators’ 24 – 14 win over Oklahoma, a team with a Heisman-winning quarterback of its own.
In Tebow’s senior year, Cindy and I returned to Gainesville to see him…
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Author : The Albany Herald, Ga.
Publish date : 2025-02-24 04:59:00
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