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SAMUEL KORANTENG-PIPIM, PH.D.

A US-based Ghanaian author, inspirational speaker, leadership trainer, and an advocate for youth empowerment.

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[Dr. Pipim's Thanksgiving Devotional, November 2015]

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend” (Melody Beattie). The key to gratitude is contentment. For, a contented heart is a grateful heart. And a heart full of gratitude is a fountain from which life’s richest blessings flow.

This fact is evidenced in the life of Fanny Crosby (1820 –1915), one of the most prolific hymn writers in history. Though blinded for life at the age of 6 weeks (through the incompetence of a doctor), Fanny Crosby resolved to be content with her state. When she was only 8 years, she composed this rhymed poem:

“Oh, what a happy soul I am,
Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be.

How many blessings I enjoy
That other people don't
To weep and sigh because I'm blind
I...

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SAMUEL KORANTENG-PIPIM, PH.D., is a US-based Ghanaian author, inspirational speaker, leadership trainer, and an advocate for youth empowerment. He was trained in engineering and systematic theology and has authored more than twenty books. They include his bestselling works Hope Through the Dark, Six More Chances, Healed Wounds but Ugly Scars, and Patience in the Midst of Trials and Afflictions. Dr. Pipim currently directs two Centers for Leadership Development known as EAGLES (Empowerment & Advisory Group for Leadership, Excellence, & Service) and ANANSE (African Network & Advisory for Needed Services & Excellence). www.EAGLESonline.org.