I trust that you will not take it amiss if I wish you and yours a very full and complete Thanksgiving. If drowsiness is caused by tryptophan, which it might not be, may your turkey be unusually full of it, and may your nap be most pleasant.
These good wishes include both my enemies and those people who believe erroneously that I am their enemy. May the Lord bless you, and may the Lord make His face shine upon you.
To all the kirkers here in Moscow, I am most grateful to God for you. His kindness to us has been most remarkable and as we begin worshiping in our new church hall this coming Lord’s Day, let us come prepared to sing out our gratitude. It will be a remarkable entry into the Advent season, and may God be pleased to adorn the gratitude of His people.
And to my family—to my wife, to my children, to their spouses, to our grandchildren, and now to our great grandchildren, you all are the very center of God’s very thick Deuteronomic blessings to me. Continue to love the Lord, all of you. We are profoundly grateful for you all.
Compared to the foregoing, the pies and such are just very tasty analogies.