Spiritual Snacks

The other night I was talking with my aunt about how I always feel so distant from God no matter how hard, or how much time I put into going to church and talking to Him. I always feel hungry for Jesus. While my aunt and I were talking about this it was nice to recognize that we both feel the same way eve though we both know God is with us, we're always kind of (spiritually) hungry.
Eventually, we ended up talking about how it's so much nicer to just have a little chat with God throughout the day instead of trying to soak up everything we need in just one sitting.
We still need fellowship, and we still need to study God's word, but we feel so much closer to Him when we just, well take a spiritual snack.
Just stop for even just 2min and talk to God, breath, recite a verse He laid on your heart. It's like how we stop and grab that granola bar because lunch seems so far away and we just need that one thing to hold us over so our tummy doesn't make us feel that touch of sickness because we didn't eat breakfast.
Taking that little snack all throughout the day, except with Jesus is SO much more helpful than trying to sit down and have this long meaningful chat with Him.
I know I personally am so exhausted all the time that I fall asleep reading my Bible, and I know some of you out there are looking at me like "oh no you didn't." But. yea. I do. I'm human! I'm exhausted, and based on the amount of coffee corporate America consumes, you probably are too!
I tried for years to discipline myself to journal every night and read a chapter in my bible every night, and I did it. But it didn't bring me closer to God, it made me sick because I wasn't taking care of my body. There was even a year where I got up at 5:30 am and did a bible study, and then a friend would chat with me about it, and I LOVED chatting with my friend about it. That was huge. But it never made me really close to God.
I think the reason for that is this:
I would try to find that one chunk of the day to focus on God so I could get it out of the way and start the day connected to Him. (which btw, is great) BUT. I would be so exhausted/focused from/on hunting that huge chunk out, that I wouldn't stay connected with God through the rest of the day. So yea it would start great, but I wouldn't stay in touch with Him.

Since having this little chat with my aunt I've been making it a point to have a "spiritual snack" several times throughout the day, and I have found it *SO* helpful. No my feeling distant from God has not just disappeared overnight. But I actually felt like smiling today. I have been faking a smile for so long now. and I cannot believe that I can *finally* say that I genuinely smiled with joy in my heart.

So I don't know where you're at with your relationship with God. But I wouldn't be surprised if you felt tired, and distant too. Sadly that's where so many of us are, except we won't admit it. So if you're in that place, I hope you can admit it to yourself, and I highly recommend spiritual snacks. Keeping connected to Jesus, even in little tiny ways, can take your day and your spirit leaps and bounds.

Abba,
We come to you and we ask that you would fill our hearts with your presence. That your joy and wisdom would overflow our souls. Lord we ask that you would touch our hearts and bring us continually closer to you, and continually into your presence. God I ask that you would help us stay close to you througout the day, that we wouldn't forget who you are even for a moment.
Lord give us the faith to trust in you, and to know that you are the same today, yesterday, tomorrow and forever. Lord we also ask that you would lift up everyone who is hurting that you would touch their hurts and fears and their scars Lord, and that you would heal them.
Bring us close to you Lord Jesus.
We ask these things in your name, under the covering of your blood.
Amen.