If
you are still looking for a Christmas gift, I would like to recommend Tim Tebow’s
new book “Shaken” to you. The subtitle
is “Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms.” As I said in the last blog, storms are an inevitable
part of life, Christian or not. In this
book, Tebow candidly speaks of the storms of his life, and how God sustained
him through it. Let me give you a quote
to whet your appetite:
“One
day, according to the world, I’m on top of my game, adored, praised, and
respected. And the next, I’m at the
bottom of the heap, cut, criticized, and torn down. You know what I’ve learned in the
process? How important it is not to
allow either the highs or the lows in life determine who you are.”
A
little later in the same chapter, he says, “While many know about my career
highs, few know about the lows. Like
having to learn that God’s plans are better and bigger than mine, feeling torn
about the future, and working through my dreams being shattered after being cut
from three NFL teams. I admit, writing
this book hasn’t been easy. It was tough
to relive some painful memories. But I’ll
say that in those places of doubt and even darkness, I’ve realized that who I
am has nothing to do with wins or losses, applause, or negative criticism. It has to do with whose I am. Knowing this I can live out what the king of
ancient Israel wrote in Psalm 16:8:
I
have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will
not be shaken.”
In
the endorsement section of this book, Judah Smith, a pastor, writes, “Whether
or not you’ve followed Tim’s career, Shaken
speaks to something we’ve all had to deal with – trusting God when the
plans for our lives don’t work out as we expected. Tim shares his journey from the Broncos to
the Jets to the Patriots and beyond with refreshing honesty.” I hope you will consider adding this book to
your collection.
Kevin
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