Posted on 11/26/2015 5:55:13 AM PST by Isara
HOUSTON, Texas — Presidential candidate Ted Cruz issued the following statement in observance of Thanksgiving:
“On this Thanksgiving, as we gather with family and loved ones, we celebrate the blessings the Lord has bestowed upon us and this great nation. Particularly this year, as we face many uncertainties - from the threats of terror to economic hardships - let us take time to thank God for all that he has given us and ask for his provision in our lives and our country.
“When we think back to that first Thanksgiving in 1621, and all that the Pilgrims endured, only half surviving the first brutal winter, we remember sacrifice upon which this land was built - and the sacrifice that continues to keep us free and safe. In the struggle for independence, the brave motley group of soldiers defeated the greatest military force in the world. In the battle against slavery, the blood shed to purge this people from our original sin. In the World Wars, the thousands who fought in the trenches and scaled the cliffs of Normandy to save the American idea.
“We are grateful for all those who have gone before us and for those who continue to serve: for the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who courageously defend our freedom. For the police officers, firefighters, and first responders who protect our communities. And for the pastors, teachers, and parents who guide us to know the truth, and be set free by it.
“And we remember President George Washington's call in the first Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 226 years ago, to ‘unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions... to render our National Government a blessing to all the people... and to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue.’
“It is this hope in a Higher Ruler that inspired the Pilgrims to leave everything in pursuit of freedom, and it is this same Providence that, if we call upon the name of the Lord, will restore the promise of America.”
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Happy Thanksgiving!
The moral fiber is strong in this one.
And yet not a word from el presidente about any blessings from God.
Far more non PC than anything any other candidate is saying.
Thank you Sen Cruz, for reminding the American people that Thanksgiving was created to give thanks to God. It is not a ‘day of service’ as we have been told lately. It is a day to GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR ALL OUR BLESSINGS.
Wonderful. Amen
Thanksgiving Blessings To All
I hope all my FRiends have a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving.
BFL
I’ve been waiting eight years to finally hear a conservative give a thanksgiving address. I hope Cruz can do this for eight years as president.
An admirable man. Sadly, he is better than we, as a country, deserve. We get what we deserve too many times. May God lift this man up to lead our country in our time of need.
I agree in this prayer and would add that one man is but a spark, the responsibility for our God given Republic lies with "We The People" our founding documents give us the power and authority to depose any tyrannical government and we the people have failed to protect, defend and secure our nation, May God also forgive us and instill in we the people the courage so desperately needed to take back that which was given by faith in God and the Grace of God to those who originally sacrificed their lives, fortunes and sacred honor.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government
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