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By JONI B. HANNIGAN
Florida Baptist Witness
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| University of Florida starting quarterback Tim Tebow and his mom, Pam, pause after a children’s production at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville where they are members. Photo courtesy Tebow family |
JACKSONVILLE (FBW)—With four older children, Pam Tebow, whose father was an Army colonel, was used to setting boundaries, issuing orders and choosing her battles by the time “Timmy” was born in 1987.
No worries, though. Tim Tebow, the 21-year-old University of Florida starting quarterback and the first underclassmen to win the Heisman Trophy, has been “obedient and teachable and kind,” according to his mom.
The proud mom and other members of the Tebow clan were in Miami's Dolphin Stadium Jan. 8 to watch the Gators win their second national championship in three years.
“It came as a great, pleasant surprise that when we told him to do things like go clean the garage, that he actually got up and did it,” Pam Tebow told Florida Baptist Witness in a Jan. 2 interview.
Calling Tim, the 6-foot, 3-inch, 240-pound left-hander, “still teachable,” Tebow said she and other family members are not shy about sharing things with Tim, in spite of his celebrity status.
“He wants to hear and we appreciate that, because that’s what a disciple is, a learner, and he’s still willing to learn,” Tebow said. “Learn about being a better football player, learn about what Scripture says about different subjects, and learn as a student at the university.”
Detailing the story about how Tim almost didn’t make it into this world, Tebow revealed the origins of what she said are his “rare qualities” and how he has become known as being “unusually kind” in spite of his competitive nature on the football field.
MIRACLE CHILD
Living in the Philippines as missionaries, Pam and her husband, Bob, who now heads the Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association, had been told the baby she was carrying needed to be aborted in order to save her life.
“They didn’t recommend; they didn’t really give me a choice,” Tebow said. “That was the only option they gave me.”
Before she conceived Tim, Pam Tebow said her husband Bob had been out preaching in the field. “He was so burdened about abortions taking place in America,” Tebow recalled.
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