How to Stay Close to God in a Busy Season
There are seasons of life where staying close to God feels so easy.
The mornings are slower. You can have your Bible open longer and linger in it. You can journal more than a few sentences without feeling rushed.
And then there are seasons like the one I’m in right now.
My schedule is fuller than it’s ever been. I’m building things. Working more. Showing up in relationships and community. Trying to take care of my body and heal. Trying to grow personally.
Last week I realized I had talked to everyone else before I had talked to God.
I answered texts. Checked emails. Thought about my to-do list for the day. I even mentally planned what I was going to meal prep for dinner to bring to work.
And later that morning, I caught myself feeling behind in my relationship with God because my quiet time didn’t look how it used to.
It felt shorter, more distracted, and rushed.
And I felt guilty.
Not because I don’t love Him. I do. So much. But because I had started measuring closeness by how long I sat still.
When life was in a different season, I would sit for an hour or two on the front porch with my coffee, my Bible, my devotional, and my journal and just linger, with nowhere to be and nothing else to do.
And because I haven’t been able to show up for quiet time in the same way lately, I started wondering if my relationship with God had changed.
That’s when I started rethinking something.
Maybe staying close to God in a busy season isn’t about protecting a perfect morning routine that looks exactly the same every day.
Maybe it’s about bringing Him into the life I’m already living.
Inviting Him into the coffee run.
Into Trader Joe’s while I’m picking up flowers and sweet potatoes.
Into getting dressed for work.
Into choosing an outfit for church and asking, “God, help me carry myself in a way that reflects You today.”
I’ve started talking to Him in all of the small moments throughout the day instead of waiting for the “perfect” window of time to sit down with Him.
While I’m doing my makeup.
While I’m driving.
While I’m folding laundry.
Sometimes it’s not even a long or formal prayer. It’s just conversation and awareness.
“Thank You for this day.”
“Help me handle this well.”
“I don’t want to do any of this without You.”
And it’s felt lighter. More genuine.
It’s been less like I’m trying to perform closeness and more like I’m walking with Him through my actual life.
Quiet time with God is so important, and making Him the first priority of our days should always be the goal.
But when we fall into seasons where our routines are shaken up or don’t look the same, there are still so many ways to invite God into our hearts and our lives throughout the day.
So all of that to say, if you’ve been feeling behind lately because your quiet time doesn’t look like it used to, I really understand that.
Your closeness to God doesn’t disappear just because your schedule changes.
Sometimes our walk is less about having the perfect routine and more about being intentional in our invitation.
If your mornings are shorter right now, invite Him into your commute.
If you’re running errands all day, talk to Him while you’re pushing the cart.
If you’re getting dressed for church and feeling distracted, pause for thirty seconds and ask Him to meet you there.
He isn’t basing your love for Him on your routine.
He just wants your heart.
And if you’re reading this because you care about staying close to Him, even in a season that feels full, that already says so much about your posture.
God is with you in the middle of all of it.
He loves being with us in the middle of our real lives.
Just keep inviting Him in.
