Even though it has been on for a few seasons now, I didn't discover the show Duck Dynasty until sometime around this last spring. I'd heard people talk about what a funny show it was, and tell me how much I ought to watch it. But from the talk, I wasn't too awfully impressed; I just didn't think it would interest me any to see a bunch of southern rednecks and their shenanigans.
I wound up watching several episodes though as they came on after another show I was watching one night. I decided to watch just to see what all the hoopla was about.
I can't remember which episode I watched first, but something that struck me was the ending. The whole family gathered at a single table to eat, and said a prayer. I remember feeling really warm and close to God in that moment. And I loved seeing a REAL family come together like that and to offer thanks and praise to God. That's just not something you'll find that much of on television these days. But I liked it. And the more episodes I watched, the more I liked the show, and the more I liked the Robertson family.
Since that time, I have continued to watch their show, and I have even read from some of their books. They just recently put out a devotional book that is exceptionally good, if you are interested. In all of it, though, I find God as a theme. I see this family that has such a strong connection to God, who genuinely love God, and try to do right by Him. I love seeing this. And I know it has helped me in my own walk with God as well.
A few nights ago, my brother told me he'd come across a video of Phil Robertson (the patriarch of the family), preaching somewhere in California. He showed me the video, and I was even further impressed. Not at the man though, but by the fact that God could use someone like Phil Robertson to preach His word, and to do so much to help so many others.
I included that video above. I'm not going to tell you what's in it. I just want you to watch it. He gives such a powerful sermon, and it seemed to me so completely relevant to our times/needs as a country.
I wonder if anyone would have ever guessed that a wild young boy, who gets married in his teens, drinks and rough houses for years, doesn't believe in God, treats his wife like crap, and neglects his children could have ever come so far in the Lord to become the man that he is today. I like watching Duck Dynasty if for no other reason than to gain that reminder that through God, all things are possible. Poor can become rich; atheists can become Godly, sinners can give up their sins, and so on. What I like most, though, is seeing how a family can come together through anything, still in God, and still in love for each other. Sorry to give it away, but that is pretty much how every episode ends.
I thank God for spreading His word through the Robertson family. And I thank that family for being so willing to allow God to do so.
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