Tim Tebow Essay

The Good Side

As humans, we are commonly known to be born good beings. Many would say that statement is false because of all the problems and bad conflicts going on in the world. Many countries in the world are in turmoil, plagued with war, poverty, and even corruption. One idea to think about, not a lot of people are giving their all to fix these problems. There area few who come to mind when thinking of human beings who want to make a change in the world. Tim Tebow is a prime example. Tim Tebow was a professional football player, but at the same time he is a missionary. He does missionary work every summer, and does even more in the states, often visiting children’s hospitals. Tim Tebow puts his faith in God, and spreads the word of the

Bible to everyone he meets. Along with Tim Tebow, Mother Teresa is another person who comes to mind when thinking of “good people”. Mother Teresa gave her life to God; leaving all she knew behind to go take care of the poor while also living among them. Nowadays, only a very small number of people are doing what these two have did and continue to do.

From the deeds of Tim Tebow and Mother Teresa, the belief that humans are born good should be considered a fact.

Tim Tebow shows that humans are born good beings because of his willingness to help others no matter what the circumstances and proclaim the word of God to the world. Tim Tebow was born in the Philippines to two missionary parents. The entire Tebow family is very passionate about missionary work. The Tebow bunch takes trips every summer to the Philippines to do outreach and evangelistic work. Tim Tebow has been doing this ever since childhood, preaching to over 10,000 people during his time doing missionary work in Mindanao (“Tim Tebow”). Tim Tebow is frequently described as generous, and being cutthroat aggressive, but only when it comes to football. The Heisman Trophy winner often spends his time visiting orphanages and hospitals to see sick children who are ill (“Tim Tebow”). If it wasn’t enough just doing missionary work and visiting children’s hospitals, Tim Tebow even started his own foundation. The Tim Tebow Foundation’s mission is to bring the word of God to those who have never even heard of it. Another

part of their mission is to establish Christian churches were there were none before (Mydans). This is no surprise though, considering that, “The Christian faith is very important to the Tebow family. All of the children were homeschooled to better instill Christian beliefs” (“Tim Tebow”). Tebow’s faith also shows, a lot. It is no doubt that the duty of every follower of Christ is to spread the word and make change in the world. Tim Tebow has certainly done a good job at fulfilling these duties. While Tebow was on one of his missionary trips in the Philippines, while on a bad side of town, a group of men planned to kidnap Tebow and the people he was with, but fortunately, Tebow and company got away. When asked in a telephone interview about the incident, Tebow did not seem troubled at all. Tebow claimed that, “I was never concerned about my safety, I don’t regard it as particularly dangerous to obey Jesus Christ and do what he wants you to do. how are you threatened if you have eternal life?” (Mydans). Tebow went on to say that, “If they kill me, that’s it, but if they kidnap me, that’s my chance to preach to them.” (Mydans). Tim Tebow’s works and deeds have certainly caused some change in the world. Tim Tebow shows good nature, by taking time to visit sick children and others, showing his caring and generous nature. His grit and toughness to carry out his deeds surely inspire others, and him being a professional football player only adds fuel to the fire that Tim Tebow has started.
Although, even before Tim Tebow, people have been doing similar deeds.

Mother Teresa is one name that pops up when thinking of good deeds. Mother Teresa, ever since childhood, wanted to become a missionary (“Teresa, Mother”). When Mother Teresa was only twelve years old, she desired to become a nun. In the May of 1931, Mother Teresa started serving as a nun at the sisters of Loreto in Ireland (“Teresa, Mother”). One day, Mother Teresa claimed God called out to her. Jesus asked of Mother Teresa, “to be his light”, to show the love and compassion that Jesus once showed to the world (“Mother Teresa of Calcutta”). God said that she was to leave her current position, and go to India, to help the poor while at the same time living with them (“Teresa, Mother”). Because of this, Mother Teresa is known by her nickname, “Saint of the Gutters”. She was given this name because of her willingness to serve the poor and impoverished people (“Teresa, Mother”). According to research, “In the mid 1950s, while in India, Mother Teresa expanded her caretaking to abandoned children, people with leprosy, and the elderly. This lead her to establishing welfare institutions, this included family clinics, tuberculosis clinics, schools, malnutrition centers, night shelters, and nurseries” (“Teresa, Mother”). Her works were not just limited to those, though. Mother Teresa shared her sacrifice and her evangelistic work with many people of all types of religions and nationalities (“Mother Teresa of

Calcutta”). Those who got to spend time with Mother Teresa were all witnesses to works of love that which came from God (“Mother Teresa of Calcutta”). The good deeds of Mother Teresa are truly extraordinary. Mother Teresa willingly left everything she had behind to go take care of the poor and sick. Not only did she just take care of the poor and sick, she established places like hospitals and clinics to further help others. Looking back on it, the deeds of Mother Teresa are rarely seen in today’s age. Although Mother Teresa sadly passed away in 1997, her legacy will forever live on in the world.
People in the world today are heavily influenced by their environment. If we were to be real, the world today is more bad than it is good. Not many people are taking their time to visit sick children and giving up their lives to take care of the poor. While you don’t have to go to the extremes of Mother Teresa, or take missionary trips every summer like Tim Tebow, every human has the ability to show extreme kindness and generosity to one another, making them a good human being.