The excitement of our relationship is replaced with growing pains. Our enthusiasm erodes, and amidst a tight work schedule, juggling the budget and rearing kids, it is harder to find quality time with God. Even when we do find time, we are fatiged and annoyed. The prayer closet gathers dust. It gets harder to appreciate simple worship and praise, and seeking God seems to focus on one tragedy after another.
Real life is painful, it's tiring, it's a journey.
May I suggest that you think about this for a moment, and then make a commitment to walk in higher levels of love and obedience to God. Then let that love spread to every area of your life. Do not simply do the things that are convenient to you, and frown upon the things that require discipline. Submit in your heart to walk in the will of God beyond any area that you have walked before. Expect a spiritual awakening unlike anything you have ever experienced before.