Do you want to hear about a Thanksgiving Miracle? Here you go! It’s from the February 2003 New Era, a magazine for youth published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It’s from a talk called, “Do You Need a Miracle?” by Elder Larry Gibbons. It tells the story of a man, Mr. Bogar, living in the hills of Missouri. He went hunting for a legendary turkey named Foots who was so big that he left prominent tracks in the snow. The man stalked Foots down until he was 60 yards away. Carefully, Mr. Bogar aimed, shot, and hit the turkey! The turkey fell down and appeared to be dead. Mr. Bogar was sure that his turkey dinner was in the bag. But then an amazing thing happened, and it wasn’t until months later that the hunter found out the rest of the miraculous story. The end result was a miraculous turkey dinner for some hungry people who had been praying for food, not the hunter’s family. Click on this link to read the whole thing. It’s amazing!

I believe in miracles! I’ve seen them happen in my life. I’ve seen hearts soften (including my own) and miracles happen when at first it seemed like no change was remotely possible. I know these changes happened because of the power of faith in Jesus Christ. 

Thanksgiving is a great time for miracles! Any time is a great time for miracles when we do as Elder Gibbons says in the article:

You have some difficult battles to fight. It is easy to let fear overtake us. Have courage! Have faith! Remember the sons of Helaman. “Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; … yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them” (Alma 56:47).

Have faith! Repent of those things that you need to change in your life. Do not fear. Work hard. Expect a miracle!

Remember the greatest miracle of all time. The Son of Man rose from the grave. He overcame death and hell! He lives. I know that He lives. Because of this, the greatest of miracles, we have no reason to fear, and we have every reason to have faith.

I also believe in President Russell M. Nelson’s prophetic promise, here, that we have yet to see the greatest manifestations of Jesus Christ’s power. Imagine! Greater than the parting of the Red Sea, greater than the healings of Jesus, even greater than His coming back from the dead! We have sooooo much to look forward to!

I was blessed in October to meet a man who has a whole YouTube Channel full of miracle stories. Here’s one below. Go to his channel to watch so many more! I’ve included some below. Whatever burden you are carrying, I hope that these stories remind you that all of our hope, all of our salvation, and all miracles come from Jesus Christ our Savior. I hope this season of thanksgiving will help you to find gratitude for everything, even your trials. My recent reading of the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ, from Ether, with the story of the Jaredites traveling in barges reminds me of the power of trials. Maybe the Jaredites thought the “furious winds” that blew on them while they were crossing the ocean were trials, but those winds are what carried the barges to their Promised Land. What are the furious winds in your life?

P.S. If you want more Thanksgiving stories, get my Celestial Family Devotionals Ebook here and turn to the November section.