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one of the most famous families in America.” Those things are true, but being on TV is not what made me dream big. I was dreaming big long before Duck Dynasty . When I was just five years old, my mom made a video of me standing on our coffee table talking about how much I loved God and how I wanted everyone to know about Him. Here’s what I said:
We are going to praise Him all our lives. To go up there [pointing to heaven] and we want to stay ’til Jesus comes, and if He comes tomorrow, that’s great! We will all go, “Hip hip hooray!”
Hey, we know Jesus and God are up there watching us right now, and they have a huge smile on . . . We love Him, hip hip hooray! Jesus came to earth ’cause He wanted to be nice, and He died for us, for all of us. It doesn’t matter if you are a policeman or a jail person. God loves you. Sometimes we make mistakes, but when you make mistakes, that doesn’t mean youare not going up there [pointing to heaven again]. You can still go up there; we know you are worshipping the Lord and loving Him.
And if I was famous, I would still love the Lord. I would not just remember about myself. I would love the Lord.
When you make a mistake you can still go up there ’cause you know if you are worshipping the Lord. We all know that Jesus is in our hearts. He’s watching us; he’s watching us. He has a big smile on, and it’s a huge one and the devil is frowning and that’s great! And everybody will be happy. So let’s give it up for God!
    I was serious ! But of course I had no idea that years later God would use a television show to make my dream of telling others about Him come true. A television show isn’t God’s plan for everyone, but whatever He uses is right for each person. His plans fit them as well as television fits me. And let’s be real: a television show is hard work and sometimes it is really stressful. I often have to be at work at seven o’clock in the morning and work until very late at night. And I’m a high school student. When I miss school in order to film, I have to make up my work, and I have to do the same amount of homework as everyone else in my class. I also play sports, so I have to go to practice and show up for games. Like other people my age, I love hanging out with my friends, but I can’t always do that because sometimes I have to work or travel because of the show.
    So being on TV is not all glamorous; parts of it are just plain hard work. It can complicate my schoolwork and my social activities just as much as having a job at the mall complicates those things for other people. Sometimes after basketball practice, I amreally tired and I just want to grab something to eat without being recognized. But then someone does recognize me, takes a picture of me looking not my best after practice, and posts it on the Internet. (I am thinking, Would you want your picture on the Internet after you have been practicing basketball for two hours and you are exhausted? Me neither! ) Being a TV star gives me some opportunities that others do not have, but it does not make me better than anyone else, and it does not make my dreams more likely to come true. All of us need to dream big, pray big, work hard, and trust God to bring our dreams to pass.
    I mentioned at the beginning of this chapter that for as long as I can remember, I prayed and dreamed about serving God. Now, when I have an opportunity to share God’s Word or tell someone about Him, my mind races back to when I was five years old and I prayed for God to please give me just one person to talk to about Him. Every time I get to share about Him, I remember those prayers, and that makes me incredibly grateful for the platform God has given me because of my family and our TV show.
    I want to share with you one of my favorite “dreaming” scriptures from the Bible:
    This is the confidence we have in approaching God:
    that if we ask anything according to his will,
    he hears us.
    And if we know that he hears