The two hugely men of God I know personally in my life time, who are both 
normally just leaders of leaders and very motivated, both have gone through 
times of depression. I look at folks we read about in the Word, and there 
were times of depression and discouragement, fear and all that. With your 
radio guy, do I believe him? I believe that he thinks it of himself 
according to how he might define it or chooses to see it, I don't believe 
it is so. I don't think it is possible as we are human. I  know there are 
folks that claim differently than  what they experience, almost a holy lie 
type thing, afraid to confess a point of depression or discouragement for 
fear it will show a  spiritually weak person. David was depressed, 
discouraged, fearful, and yet one of the most godly men in history and far 
from being weak in any area in my view. So nope I think he's confessing 
through his teeth.

Brad



Brad



At 12:25 PM 8/1/2007, you wrote:
>I happened to switch on my radio the other day and my favorite Bible teacher
>was on.  I don't even know when his program is on the air so I don't listen
>to him on a regular bases.  He said something I thought you might be
>interested in hearing.  He said in the 30 years he had been in full time
>ministry work, he had never been depressed.  He meant, of course,
>discouraged.  I find these words inter changed inadvertently all the time by
>those who don't know the difference.  I have been thinking about what he
>said for several days.  Do you believe him when he says he hasn't been, so
>called, depressed in over 30 years of ministry?
>
>Phil.