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Bill Belichick destroyed Tim Tebow's NFL dream as only Bill Belichick could
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/bill-belichick-destroyed-tim-tebows-dream-as-only-bill-belichick-could-190655635.htmlDuring a six-minute interview in which “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt said, “Some people say that your faith is a distraction and maybe that’s why you have not landed with a team for a long time, and I applaud you for that, because you’re putting your faith above the sport, and I think that’s awesome,” Tebow summarized his feelings following a 15-minute conversation in August 2013 with Belichick, who cut him after he completed 36.7 percent of his passes during the Patriots’ preseason....
To recap what Tebow was channeling here, he planned on winning multiple Super Bowls under Belichick once Brady retired (God only knows when that’ll happen), but the Pats coach shattered that plan as if it were one of Tebow’s crystal BCS national title trophies. Hopes dashed, dreams smashed....
In other words, it was through Belichick that Tebow learned to steer clear of any reckless boasting that may have come with a commercial and instead focus on his true dream of becoming one of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks. Sound familiar? I give you Jeremiah 23:32 from another book, called the Bible: “‘Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,’ declares the LORD, ‘and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit,’ declares the LORD.”
So, perhaps we have to consider Belichick is not evil. After all, since being cut by the Patriots, Tebow has been credited to some degree with not one, but two life-saving miracles, not to mention the fact he hit a home run in his first professional at-bat upon signing a $100,000 minor-league baseball contract with the New York Mets. As Earhardt said in the “Fox & Friends” interview, “It’s awesome to see how God is using you in another field now.” In many ways, it is Belichick who set Tebow on this path, destroying his hopes and dreams in a storm that eventually led him to discover his true identity, so perhaps we should start thinking of his football failures as “Footprints in the Sand” moments.
To recap what Tebow was channeling here, he planned on winning multiple Super Bowls under Belichick once Brady retired (God only knows when that’ll happen), but the Pats coach shattered that plan as if it were one of Tebow’s crystal BCS national title trophies. Hopes dashed, dreams smashed....
In other words, it was through Belichick that Tebow learned to steer clear of any reckless boasting that may have come with a commercial and instead focus on his true dream of becoming one of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks. Sound familiar? I give you Jeremiah 23:32 from another book, called the Bible: “‘Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,’ declares the LORD, ‘and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit,’ declares the LORD.”
So, perhaps we have to consider Belichick is not evil. After all, since being cut by the Patriots, Tebow has been credited to some degree with not one, but two life-saving miracles, not to mention the fact he hit a home run in his first professional at-bat upon signing a $100,000 minor-league baseball contract with the New York Mets. As Earhardt said in the “Fox & Friends” interview, “It’s awesome to see how God is using you in another field now.” In many ways, it is Belichick who set Tebow on this path, destroying his hopes and dreams in a storm that eventually led him to discover his true identity, so perhaps we should start thinking of his football failures as “Footprints in the Sand” moments.
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Or so Westboro Baptist would say, if they knew the first thing about me. 
