Thanksgiving Praises!Turkey times Three!

It was our third Thanksgiving at our little church in Tulsa for our family of six.God had blessed our little church's efforts and hard work and we had a nucleus of 25-30 kids in our Sunday School ministry,most from very troubled homes,and not a lot in material goods.Through VBS and other efforts,we had befriended their parents and gotten some of them out to church for programs,etc.It was coming up on Thanksgiving and I had just had my second surgery in about a year,so I was in bed for a few days,trying to recuperate and as was my habit,when I was feeling a mite discouraged,I got out my Bible and pen and paper and started making some special plans for holiday celebration.I wrote down:Thanksgiving baskets,including Turkey and all the trimmings for each of our Sunday school children's families.I visualized all these baskets and made plans to share my desire with our little church family when all of a sudden,in the midst of my happy planning,the reality of our own personal situation just crashing down on me.The whispers and the taunting of the enemy began,Ha,ha ha,look at your great and mighty plans for everybody's Thanksgiving baskets when you only have right now,how much for grocery money this week?Is it 8.00 or 9?Now tell me,how in the world do you think you are going to pull this off?"I listened,momentarily,but then I let him have it,with these words,"My God owns the cattle on a thousand hills! and I recalled something I heard someone say,"he even owns the taters in them there hills!"So be gone! It will be done.What could be so hard about supplying what would amount to a flock of turkeys when indeed I had connection to the one who owned every bovine animal?To make a long story shorter,I will say that I pushed forward with my plans and ,knowing the state of our budget,of course, my husband was skeptical.I prayed and spread the word to our little group and that Thanksgiving,all our children and families,probably 10-12 total had an abundant Thanksgiving meal including a turkey.
Now for the best part.Clear up to the week before Thanksgiving,I did not have the means or even a turkey for my own family little alone one for an extra family,but I knew God was going to answer and did he ever?I ended up with not one,not two,but three turkeys given to me,so I had two to give away.The third turkey God prompted someone in Kansas to call his brother, a grocery store manager there in Tulsa,to be sure I had a turkey for Thanksgiving.What a wonderful prayer answering God we serve today!Maybe someone reading this needs this reminder.Please be assured that He can and will do the same for you.How blessed I am today,this day before Thanksgiving, and how thankful I am today for all you family and friends and "thanks again,dear,brother,Stephen, for listening to God's prompting that Thanksgiving so long ago,to bless me with that third turkey!"Happy Thanksgiving one and all!