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Originally Posted by Truthseeker
i was discussing this some at GNC and wanted some input here:
Can one have the Joy of the Spirit and suffer from depression at the same time?
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Joy does not necessarily equate with happiness. You can have deep settled joy and peace and yet have "times" of feeling very unhappy.
Depression and unhappiness are not necessarily one and the same thing either.
So if you're talking about "depression" vs. feelings of unhappiness or "down" that are temporary and fleeting then I don't think you have the joy that comes as a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Feelings come and go and so we have our happy and unhappy times. Even when we're temporarily unhappy because of a circumstance or event that caused the unhappiness you can still have "JOY" in its biblical definition. But I don't believe you can be "DEPRESSED" as we usually think of it and be filled with "JOY" at the same time.
My 2 cents .........
