Too Busy For God?

Recently i have been feeling very dry, like i'm far away from God. I don't know about most people, but i think this is the worst feeling EVER. Usually when i feel this way, it's because i have put God at the back-burner of my life, albeit not meaning to. There have been numerous times when the presence of God was so strong in my life that i knew without a doubt that if i suddenly died, i was going straight to heaven to be with God. These past few weeks, i have been ridiculously busy with work, life, sleep, and even church that i have neglected to give God my full attention. Don't get me wrong, i am still studying the word of God and actively working towards living a holy life, but i have not really been giving God my undivided attention. I have put other things before him and given him my left-overs(my tired, hurried, always-on-the-move self). Funny enough, i am the one suffering because God's presence is the only thing that really brings me joy and fulfillment. His presence is my only comfort. I could be going through a major storm in my life and you would never know because of my confidence that God is near and has my back. Whenever i start to feel distant from God, i start to imagine a marriage where either the husband/wife is so focused on work or even providing and maintaining the home that he/she sorta forgets the other person. I mean, the husband/wife is still doing things that will benefit the home, only he/she is so busy doing it that the other party feels neglected......I don't know..... I just miss spending some quality time with God... I once read a post by Heather Lindsey where she mentioned having date nights with God. She said she would cook dinner sometimes in preparation for her date with God. Everyone knows i absolutely love and admire Heather, but while reading that post i thought to myself, "Ah Ah! This woman is overdoing it. Please let's be practical!) lol. Can i tell you that as i started getting into a deeper relationship with God, i started doing the same thing. Okay, i didn't cook dinner or anything like that, but i started to cancel out on other plans and "fun" activities because i wanted to spend time with God. God's presence was so fulfilling, so comforting, and so strong in my life that i couldn't just get enough. I would be hanging out sometimes with family and friends, and just be longing to go home so i could talk to God, or just rest in his presence(play gospel all night, thank him for being so good to me, tell him how much i love him, etc) If that's not a date, i don't know what is. lol. Most of my posts were actually birthed during this one on one time with God. Ah! i would just get inspired after 10 minutes with God and start blogging.  I really have missed all this these past couple of weeks. *sigh*

Anyway, if you haven't gotten the point of this post yet, this is just a way of me telling you how awesome God is. This is just me telling you(and myself) that even though being successful is good, it must be secondary to God, and that even though working for God is good, it is your heart that God really wants. Let's not get so busy that our relationship with God suffers. God must take priority.

Ak

This is what i'm listening to right now. "Simply Amazing" by Todd Dulaney