Do you know that even the ministry of the Holy Spirit is one of lifting up? Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He said to His disciples, "I am going to ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit upon you to be your comforter." The Greek word from which the word"comforter" is translated in this verse is parakletos, meaning "called to one's side, i.e., to one's aid." In other words the Comforter is one who comes to stand alongside to encourage, edify, and exhort. Everything the Holy Spirit does is to keep us lifted up. He is our permanent "pick-me-up' to keep us from becoming depressed.
     According to Webster's II New College Dictionary(1995), depress means "1. to lower in spirts:SADDEN. 2. to press down: LOWER. 3. to lessen the activity or the force of:WEAKEN."
     When Satan comes against you and me to depress us, he is trying to lower our spirits, sadden us, press us down, lessen our activity and force for God. He is trying to keep us from moving forward, because one of the synonyms of the word depressed is backward. Satan wants to use depression to "pull our lower plug" to drive us bckward, while God wants to empower us and propel us forward. The question is, are we pressing on or are we being pressed down?
      Each one of us has to face and deal with disappointments and discouraning people and situations every day of our lives. However, we have been given the Holy Spirit to help lift us up and see us through.

excert from New Day New You by Joyce Meyer

When I read my devotion for today I cried because it is so true that we deal and face disappoinments and hurts. I dealt with one just the other day while practicing for a dance at my church. I got my feelings hurt but I know the other person got their feelings hurt even though I didnt know until the last minute and I was still rude to her. I am so sorry, I never ment to hurt her feelings and make it worse...all I really wanted to do was just sit and think about what just had happened. After everything I sat in my bed that night and thought about it and I came to to conclusion that the Devil was pushing us down because we had a great weekend together. I have noticed that the last couple of times someone has had a really good time together the Devil always jumps in and weakens us to the point of us fighting and hurting each other. I know that the next time the Devil trys that in my life with my relationships I am going to push him down and give God the glory! I am truly sorry for disappointing you and hurting you, again please forgive me.
I have forgiven you just as Christ has forgiven me and you!

I love you!
hopefully this person knows who I am talking about!!

In Christ
Ayla