El Libro de Dios

So....I was sitting in a meeting for the Navigators (a religious group a USC) and heard the pastor mention the book of Joel, and I realized that I didn't remember ever hearing/reading from that book. So I thought about it and went through the list of the books of the Bible in my head and realized that there were a ton that I've never even read a single verse from. Then I thought, "wow, there is that much that I don't know about God!". Now, the Bible does not tell me every single detail about God, but it teaches me what I need to know and brings me closer to him.
This brings me to another thing. A lot of people I know who are definitely Christians, often struggle with knowing what God's plans are for them or knowing what to do in certain difficult situations. And it occurs to me, that these are the same people who don't read the Bible unless they need some sort of answer from God and think "oh, I'll just ask God a question, then let the Bible fall open and the first verse I see will be my answer!" (I am not going to lie, I've done that before....fyi it didn't work for me). The problem with this method is, hypothetically of course, lets say I asked God whether I should kill myself (not that Im going to, this is just a hypothetical situation remember, but thank you for your concern). So if I asked that, then the Bible flipped to a page about Judas killing himself, does that mean I should? Is that God's answer? I don't think so.
I think that if you need an answer from God, you should probably pray about it. And if you are coming to him just when your life is going rough and not following Him otherwise, you probably haven't been studying the word, and how can you expect an answer when you haven't been speaking or learning about him. That's like calling up a friend that you haven't spoken to in months and expecting them to solve all your problems, granted that God does know all the answers, but how are you supposed to know what He wants if you haven't even been listening until you are in trouble?
I, in the past, would pull out my Bible and read whenever I was depressed or just needed something to make me feel better. Then it occurred to me the other day, that after I read my Bible and talk to God I always feel better. So if I read the Bible and spent time with Him everyday, I would feel better every day. Makes sense right?
Now, Im not saying that if you spend time with God everyday and read the Bible that your life is going to be perfect, you will have all the answers, you wont experience pain/suffering/agony/heartbreak/depression/sadness/confusion/loss, or that everything will be wonderful all the time; but I know that I feel much better about my roller coaster, often crazy, never normal or easy life, knowing that God is watching out for me and that each day I am learning more and more about Him as well as more and more about myself and my status as His child, rather than a follower of the world.