INTRODUCTION TO THOUGHT NUGGETS
By Samuel Koranteng-Pipim, PhD
SONGS IN THE DARK
(A Background)
“No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in a wilderness. Most of the Epistles were written in a prison. The greatest thoughts of the greatest thinkers have all passed through fire. The greatest poets have ‘learned in suffering what they taught in song.’…Take comfort, afflicted Christian! When God is about to make pre-eminent use of a person, He puts them in the fire.” -- George MacDonald (1824-1905).
Indeed, the pain from my own self-inflicted wounds of failure has given me a new perspective on life—a perspective I now wish to share with my friends on a regular basis. I call these perspectives “Songs in the Dark” or thought nuggets. The “Songs in the Dark” are the result of my reflection on Scripture and life experiences. The phrase owes its origin to the words of E.G. White on how birds are taught to sing:
“In the full light of day, and in...