Unashamed with the Robertson Family
Ep 1012 | Mia Announced Her Return to Jesus with a Piano & Jase Was Wrecked
Mon, 23 Dec 2024
Jase wasn’t much of a crier for three decades, but then Mia did something so profound that he couldn’t help weeping. Zach points out the musical abilities that run strongly in members of the Robertson family and speculates that Missy might have even inspired a song by award-winning Christian singer Brandon Lake. The guys look at the structure of God’s kingdom as a family, how our families mirror our relationship with God, and why Satan’s ultimate goal is to destroy the spiritual and physical family unit. In this episode: John 14, verses 25-27; Colossians 3, verses 10-14 -- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What does Jase reflect on during Christmas?
I am unashamed. What about you? Welcome back to Unashamed. And I just want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas out there. We know we're right here in the middle of the Christmas season. It's always a special time for our family. And it's interesting because, Zach, when you did the movie, I was so glad that
Chapter 2: How did the Robertson family celebrate Christmas?
you included at the end of it kind of closed with this kind of a Christmas theme and dad kind of standing up for his newfound faith around Christmas, which meant a lot because in Jason, I can both say when we were growing up, You know, dad wasn't in the picture those first few years very often, but the one thing he always did was he made a huge effort around Christmas.
And, uh, we would, we've told the stories before we go to the movies or, you know, he just did more family stuff because I think Christmas meant so much to him. And so then as our families started growing, we all got married and had kids, you know, we would all gather. together at mom and dad's. And of course, then we started having a little bit of success with the business.
And so we went from never really doing much on gifts and things like that to then this massive pile of, I mean, Jason, remember some of the, some of mom's gift piles from the, you know, it was more, we were all adults, but It was more for our kids than anything, but it was just kind of a way to, for us to appreciate, I guess what God make up for lost time.
It was like, I guess we were making up for lost time. It's not that we were super materialistic. It was just like, we went so long, not having anything when there was an opportunity to have a few things. mine went a little bit overboard.
Well, she would embellish. She would say, you're not getting anything. And then she tried this surprise every year, you know, after about three or four years, it's like,
know santa's not coming this year sorry i was like yeah that's what you said the last three years and he magically showed up she was trying she would always go the you know the movie deal if you have high expectations you're never going to like it so she would her expectation expectation she would give us was you're getting nothing and then like oh surprise it's a christmas miracle
It's a big year. Yeah. I tried to do that in my marriage. Just set the bar real low. Set the expectations really low so that anything, any turnout, you'll say, wow, that's a bad theory.
I mean, in principle.
It's a good strategy. Yeah. It's a good strategy. But you want to talk about the exceeding all expectations that anyone ever had is the Christmas story. Emanuel. Yeah. God with us. I mean, think about all the expectations for the prophets that, that Israel had.
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Chapter 3: What led to Jase's emotional moment?
Chapter 4: What inspired the new Christmas song?
So here's what happened. So I get in the golf cart with a kid that's not quite three yet. And we do a routine. We go through the neighborhood and we go see the deer. That's part of this. You say, well, how do you know you're going to see deer? Don't you live in town? Oh, I know we're going to see deer. Because, Al, behind your house, there are two deer.
But one of them, I don't know if you knew this, one of them had fallen. And his antlers, so there's one deer standing and there's one that's got to look like he's like an ostrich. His head is broken. His back's broken. There's just two legs. Well, when little man saw that.
These are targets for the audience, just so you know. They're not actual targets.
Well, I figured they would deduct that. These are styrofoam targets.
When you said the deer fell, I was going to ask, how did the deer fall? I was trying to imagine.
Well, you're stealing my punchline before I got there. These were styrofoam targets that he thinks are deer. Are deer, yeah. Well, when he saw the one... that wasn't looking too good. He went, oh no, reindeer. We got to fix the reindeer because I could see the mind working. That reindeer has a job to do and he's out of commission.
So I thought, okay, let's fix Al's targets back here, which I'm sure is coming from Jay, not Al. When's the last time you shot a bow, Al?
It's been a few years.
so uh we get he was so happy that i was like he's back going again okay we save christmas he's like yeah i mean just hat we're singing joy to the world ring them bells no what is it uh bells are ringing no what is it uh bells would be ringing Jingle bells.
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Chapter 5: How does the podcast connect to the Christmas spirit?
And I actually tried to implement that into our family, which didn't work out very well. My wife is like, you hunt, 60 days. Well, we're going to make that 59 when the kids come up, but I actually did get them to go. We had about a two year trial period and, uh, I lost because the kids turned on me and would rather open the gifts and get up and freeze their tails off.
I mean, and you know what happened now the second year we didn't kill any ducks. Yeah. So they're like, forget this dad. I'd rather open up Christmas presents.
But that shows you Jason, the context of Christmas, because you and I had a little different thing going on with dad to get him to ourselves. Cause nobody else would come and, on Christmas day. Cause they were all spending Christmas with their families.
Right.
So it was just dad and us. And I think because we missed out a lot on our early stuff, I think we cherish that more. And I love those days, but then all of us now it's worked out the other way around for you because your kids are grown now. Yeah. And so you're able to hunt if you want.
And as time went on the, to get a seat in the duck blind became a, I mean, that was hard. I mean, I remember growing up, like if you got in on the duck hunt, that was like a, yeah, exactly.
It wasn't just for anybody.
So that was a tradition. You were lucky.
So on the way here, despite me taking the back roads, I mean, I'm talking about the back roads. Uh, cause now I have to avoid interstate. I have to avoid all major highway.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of the doxology in the episode?
Well, I know, but you never said, I thought, were you hauling a Christmas tree? You never made clear what the purpose was.
Oh, I'm a duck hunter. I thought that was it.
I got it. I got it now.
So for everybody else who didn't get that, I have a lot of brush in the back of my truck. But it looks like one giant Christmas tree is what I'm saying from the visual.
I got you.
But wouldn't you know it, I took a left. I did the hand signal. I had a quarter mile to go, and he went around me and didn't wave, but he just went on. So I guess I was legal, street legal.
So I'm very happy. At least it wasn't your old friend.
Well, that's what I'm saying. I've had a few brushes with the law. Get it? brushes with the law but i i'm street legal today and i'm going to brush the duck blind as soon as this is over and that that to me puts me in the christmas mood and spirit it's a christmas miracle
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Chapter 7: How did Mia impact the worship experience?
Chapter 8: What challenges do families face during the holidays?
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You talked about the worship, Zach, with the new song with Layla Max, which, by the way, I'll just go ahead and say it. Because I'm not their parent. They're fantastic.
Oh, yeah.
And Jace's family is talented, too. So we are very blessed with both of y'all's wing of youth in terms of their musical ability and what they're able to do.
They have exceeded Jace and I for sure. Our children, Jace, they've taken it to the next level.
Well, I think you plant the seeds. And, you know, my wife, which I'm super proud of, but she's always infused worship in when times are difficult or just when there's opportunities. And y'all remember when we got the podcast of the year award, which I was very grateful for. My wife and I, when we went out there, because we were presenting an award also, and we were backstage.
How many people were there, Zach, at the K-Level? It was full. It was slam full. Can I say thousands?
Oh, yeah. It was thousands of people. What was the auditorium? Was it the Ryman? The Ryman?
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