Spiritual Languor And Decay In Our Walk With the Lord

Too great a stress is commonly laid on the flow of affections; and for   want or this, a Christian, who is ripened in grace, and greatly   advanced in his preparation for glory, may sometimes be led to lament   imaginary rather than real decays, and to say, without any just   foundation, "O that it were with me as in months past!" (Job 29:2)