I read a scripture today in the New Testament, John 10:10. The second half goes like this, "I am come that they might have ^blife, and that they might have it more ^cabundantly." The footnote for "c" is Happiness.

I've been thinking about that this evening. I think Lucifer teaches that you can't have depression and be happy. But this scripture teaches otherwise. Which, in fact, that might be a foreign idea to most people who have depression. How is it possible to be happy and have depression?
The answer is simple. I am happy because I have the gospel of Jesus Christ. I have bouts of depression but Christ himself said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. [That they might have more happiness.]" He doesn't lie. He doesn't say, yes, they (his sheep, his people, those who follow him) will have more happiness, except if they have depression. In those people's cases, I guess they just have to deal with it.
No! Men are that they might have joy. And that absolutely includes people who suffer from the challenge of depression! You can't allow yourself to believe that great happiness and joy won't be experienced in your life. Of course it will. You will have joy. You will! Heavenly Father wants us to have joy.
And how much sweeter do you think it will be since we have known the very bitterest of feelings? When our joy comes (and it will come), we will savor it like others may not be able to. Not that that takes away from their joy. But oh, our joy will be sweet.

Things have been going better for me. My newest medication seems to be working for the most part. I'm sleeping better, my depression seems mostly under control and my anxiety, though it's still kicking me during the week sometimes, has lessened. The skills my therapist is teaching me are beginning to work. I'm training my mind to stop negative thinking, especially when it comes to myself. I'm working through processes in my head to distinguish truth. I think I still have a ways to go, but I'm making progress and that in and of itself is a very sweet joy for me.
We just have to keep going. We have to keep trying. If you try, you'll make it. There will still be hard days in life. There are still days that I struggle. Yesterday was one of those days. They aren't far away from me. They haven't been removed from my life. But I can still hold my head high and say that my God is taking care of me. He has made promises to me and I know he will keep them. He has already, he is now and he will continue to do so.