William Alderman

“go directly to Him and seek His face, as the little child who is miserable and unhappy because somebody else has taken or broken his toy, runs to its father or its mother. So if you and I find ourselves afflicted by this condition, there is only one thing to do, it is to go to Him, If you seek the Lord Jesus Christ and find Him there is no need to worry about your happiness and your joy. He is our joy and our happiness, even as He is our peace. He is life, He is everything. So avoid the incitements and the temptations of Satan to give feelings this great prominence at the centre. Put at the centre the only One who has a right to be there, the Lord of Glory, Who so loved you that He went to the Cross and bore the punishment and the shame of your sins and died for you. Seek Him, seek His face, and all other things shall be added unto you.”
― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures

“If you were to feel more interest in Christ you would be less interested in yourself.”
― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures

“For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

“But lament is different. The practice of lament—the kind that is biblical, honest, and redemptive—is not as natural for us, because every lament is a prayer. A statement of faith. Lament is the honest cry of a hurting heart wrestling with the paradox of pain and the promise of God’s goodness.”
― Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament