Unashamed with the Robertson Family
Ep 1004 | Phil Thanks Fans for Their Outpouring of Support: ‘Fight the Fight, Keep the Faith’
Mon, 09 Dec 2024
Jase, Al, and Zach acknowledge and appreciate the outpouring of support, prayers, and messages from fans and friends after releasing the news of Phil’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Phil and Miss Kay have felt the impact of those prayers, and the guys share the reason they’re able to remain hopeful and steadfast even in the face of bad news about a loved one’s health. In this episode: 2 Timothy 4, verse 6; Hebrews 11, verse 40; Hebrews 12, verses 1-2 — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is Phil's current health condition?
Phil had a little bit of a reprieve from his pain, although his overall conditions remained the same. He just felt better. We had gone down and had lunch with him, Missy and I, because if you bring him really good food, we can persuade him to eat, which is funny. We've all realized that us as Robertsons are food snobs.
So you, we had to upgrade the menu and all of a sudden, you know, he was more, uh, and it, some of that is from his condition. He just, he's not hungry and, uh, at all. And so, you know, he just has to make himself eat, but, uh, he had a little reprieve from the pain and, and I really feel like it was, uh, just the prayers.
Cause you know, for months it just, he's been on a downward decline and, uh, it was so crazy that,
two or three days later when we went down after i just seen him which i told my son you need to go see him because he was just i think at the lowest point in this whole process and so a couple days later we go down there and have lunch with him and it was the first time i really seen some improvement he felt a little better and we had a good conversation and he was kind of in tune with the conversation and uh
So it was really nice. And really, the last few days, he's been like that. So I went to Kansas for two days to go hunting. And so because my buddy, I have a buddy up there, he said, if you come up here, Zach, he said it would be fantafical bull. Fantafical bull. Fantafical bull. And I didn't think that was a word, but he's a really smart guy. And I said, I've never heard that word.
What does it mean? And he said, this hunt will be somewhere between epic and hunting with Jesus. So I actually looked that word up and guess what? It's not a word. So I think he meant fantasticable, but I never brought it up again because he was allowing us to hunt. And the first day was really good. The second day was the opposite of fantasticable. Yeah.
and then uh then we reminds me of johnny howard uh cory's dad always says fantastico fantastico which is not a word either but it just sounds but i did want to say that because when he described i i did think boy hunting
You know, when you think of hunting, I mean, to put it somewhere between epic and hunting with Jesus, I thought, well, that's quite a statement.
I've never even thought about Jesus hunting.
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Chapter 2: How has Phil's family reacted to his diagnosis?
And so I love that he wanted to do that. And so he did. And, and the fact he felt good enough to do that was encouraging to me as well. And so just, man, all the, all you guys out there, I heard from people I hadn't heard from in years that, Past business stuff, stuff we've done for the old show and for books. And it's just really neat.
I mean, it's reminded me of the wide impact that that has had on culture and on people just from hearing from so many different people.
Well, yeah, the last time I visited him before I left, he was kind of thinking about going. But you've got to remember, it's hard for him. I think the struggle is it's hard for him. He's a quarterback. I mean, going back to his days at Louisiana Tech. And I've noticed the biggest struggle in this process is from a quarterback background, it's hard to sit on sidelines.
And I really think that's the biggest struggle. So even in that moment, he's like, yeah, I think I'm going to go. But he said, now you need to tell, oh, and he couldn't remember his name in the moment, but he was speaking of Jersey Joe. You need to tell him. And he reached out and he picked up his Bible.
but somewhere in there you know which is part of his condition he forgot what he was fixed to go with and uh and so we just had kind of had an awkward pause and i was like i kind of read his mind because phil he has one main speech that he gives. And so I kind of summed it up, even though he never said what it was. And he's like, yep, yep, you got it.
And he put his Bible back down, which I thought, Well, that was a pretty good moment. You know, I read his mind because I know he has the spirit and I know what that class is all about, which is just simply a declaration of who Jesus is. And so I think all of us kind of realize that.
I mean, look, it's a lot of people that have written us and, you know, they've had similar situations and it is difficult. But you just manage it, and you know he has the Holy Spirit of God. Even though he's not necessarily maybe saying a whole lot, you know what he's thinking, which I think is the sign of a good relationship.
Well, I think the word that's come to mind, I actually put this on my Instagram page, um, is legacy. And it's the, it's the thing that Phil is leaving that I, and I pray that I leave that, you know, for my family and my kids. And that hit me, you know, you were just talking about like him going and watching Jersey Joe, which he's discipled Jersey Joe.
And he's been, I mean, he's literally raised him up and discipled him and Jesus. And, uh, What's funny is I was thinking about it. We had a podcast. I don't know how far back it was, but it was far back enough to where we were having internal conversations about, you know, Phil's mental status and kind of something's off, you know.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of legacy in Phil's life?
So we just want to impact as many people as we can while we're here. And Zach's made the point. We want to try to help heaven impact earth while we're here. But ultimately, we're all going to the hole in the ground.
Well, that's the less the Lord comes back and it does sting. We're not saying death. Yeah, it stings. First Corinthians 15 says it stings. But in light of the resurrection that we know is coming, we can say where, oh, death is your sting, where, oh, death is your victory. Death has been swallowed up in victory. And so that's I mean, that we stand firm on that.
But I. You know, I'll give you a sermon off the top of my head that I've never given before. It just popped into my head. You know, we started this podcast talking about John 21 because my dad's always been an outdoorsman. You know, I brought up the football thing. He turned down an NFL career because they play football in duck season. And the first time he said that.
People kind of gasped, like, what? But that's who he is. And then he would say, it worked out. And, you know, the famous story about Terry Bradshaw, you know, because then Terry Bradshaw was able to take over the starting position at Louisiana Tech. Well, it worked out pretty well for him. He won four Super Bowls, you know, from a worldly perspective.
But my dad would always say, I didn't do bad myself. doing what I love to do, which was hunting and fishing and living out in the outdoors. And so when I read that, quoted that verse about that conversation, because this is two of our, I mean, you know, Phil and I, it's our, one of our favorite passages because we were commercial fishermen when we were kids. And Al was a part of that too, but
I spent the most time out there just because I had that same kind of weird love for, even though it was backbreaking work, it was just something about those fish and those nets. I just loved it despite how difficult it was. But you know, when Jesus was sitting there, I mean, just imagine all his disciples. I mean, he was dead. They had left him. They felt shame about that.
And now they put two and two together. They're actually eating breakfast with a guy who was dead three days earlier. And he actually said that statement. Jesus said to them, this is 21.
12 of john jesus said to him come and have breakfast and none of the disciples dared ask him who are you they knew it was the lord and so we kind of had fun about that but i really believe on the other side of death i love that statement when we arrive with our new bodies Come, let's have breakfast.
I mean, even my last hunting trip, these two days, you know, waking up with the excitement about what's fixing to happen, you know, because duck hunting just is one of the greatest hobbies in my life. And, you know, having the pre-hunt breakfast, it's not just being out there. It's the anticipation of what's fixing to happen.
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Chapter 4: How does prayer play a role in Phil's support?
When we cross over, um, maybe they'll write our name at a Bible, uh, somewhere just because we've impacted people. And so really that's all we can ask for is to be blessed by that. So, um, Just a big thank you to Unashamed Nation. And as one of the listeners said, Unashamed Family, because that's what you guys are. It's been a great encouragement to us. We're not devastated.
Obviously, it's difficult to go through this as it is with so many of you out there. So many of you have shared that with us. And we just appreciate you. We love you. We love dad, obviously, and the impact that he has. We miss him not being here to give us his wisdom. But all we can do is be Timothy to his Paul and continue to share with you what impacted us. That's what we're going to do.
And we won't stop.
Yeah, exactly. And I think that's the first time I've actually become emotional in a podcast. But it's I went from being angry to tears of excitement, imagining having breakfast with people like Angel and my grandpa. And that's what we believe. Yes. And I just wanted to.
to finish out by saying later later in life i connected with angel sister and we have done many ventures in the name of jesus to help people so we pass our legacy and that's kind of been the theme of this and so i think that's the way uh god does god designed it so when you read that god's got a plan
realize this is what's supposed to happen to get people to realize that Jesus came here to save us all. And there's no shame in what's going to happen on the other side. So we're grateful and thankful.
Absolutely. Love you guys. We'll see you next time.
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