Resilience and love are two emotions that can fuel a successful relationship. One cannot exist without the other. Love may be patient and kind but without resilience many marriages have faltered. 
 
Lack of patience with the other, inability to find common ground on a key issue, or just plain old stubbornness and selfishness, have wrecked even the most well-intentioned couples in their pursuit of “happily ever after”.
 
But when a couple dedicates themselves to resilience and love no matter what the circumstance, a long-lasting and fruitful relationship usually ensues.
 
Duck Dynasty’s Phil and Kay Robertson are a testament to this. Despite a marriage that has lasted 47 years, they did not live happily ever after, at least for a long time. Instead, Phil’s demons threatened to tear their lives apart. But their resilience and love for each other eventually prevailed. What the world sees today is a far cry from a relationship that nearly succumbed to alcohol and Phil’s philandering.
 
As the oldest of Phil and Kay’s four children, Alan Robertson had a front row seat to those early years, a period of time that he now calls a miracle due to God’s patience with and ultimate forgiveness of Phil. 
 
In the new movie, “The Blind” (now available on most streaming platforms as well as DVD), viewers get a glimpse of never-before-revealed moments in Phil and Miss Kay’s lives as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past. Working through the turmoil that handcuffed him in his early adult years, the biopic demonstrates a love story that persevered through the darkest of turbulent moments and rose to create a strong foundation for generations to come. 
 
Alan joins us on the Crossmap Podcast to reflect on the success of the biopic and how the film has brought his family even closer together. Listen as he shares how his father went from being the biggest heathen in South Arkansas and North Louisiana to John the Baptist seemingly overnight. 

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