“Happy Thanksgiving” is more than a wish. It’s also a fact. There’s a direct correlation between happiness and thanksgiving. Those who give thanks are happy, cheerful people. On the other hand, those who are ungrateful swim in pools of melancholy, misery, and despondency; they drown in depression, gloom, and unhappiness. It is as though they were baptized in lemon juice!
Do you want happiness? Stop complaining, and give thanks. “Nothing tends more to promote health of body and of soul than does a spirit of gratitude and praise. It is a positive duty to resist melancholy, discontented thoughts and feelings,—as much a duty as it is to pray” (E.G. White). It’s not happy people who are thankful; it’s thankful people who are happy.
An attitude of appreciation, thankfulness, or gratefulness is a command, not an option. A spirit of gratitude and praise is what God expects from us. Hence, we’re admonished, “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). To experience true happiness, develop an attitude of gratitude for life’s vicissitude. Happy Thanksgiving!—Samuel Koranteng-Pipim
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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. He also serves as a special consultant on Bible projects for Remnant Publications. 