This has been my experience as well. The world is filled with so many distractions and confused messages that can easily draw one away from God. Recall the parable of the sower.
In posting this thread, I recalled two aspects of the Divine Mercy message. The first is our Lord's message to St. Faustina, requesting that a novena precede Easter.
Ninth Day
"Today bring to Me the Souls who have become Lukewarm,
and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: 'Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.' For them, the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy."
Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love, let these tepid souls who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen.
The other is from the visions of Heaven, Purgatory and Hell that were shown to Faustina.
"...I saw two roads. One was broad, covered with sand and flowers, full of joy, music and all sorts of pleasures. People walked along it, dancing and enjoying themselves. They reached the end without realizing it. And at the end of the road there was a horrible precipice; that is, the abyss of hell. The souls fell blindly into it; as they walked, so they fell. And their number was so great that it was impossible to count them. And I saw the other road, or rather, a path, for it was narrow and strewn with thorns and rocks; and the people who walked along it had tears in their eyes, and all kinds of suffering befell them. Some fell down upon the rocks, but stood up immediately and went on. At the end of the road there was a magnificent garden filled with all sorts of happiness and all these souls entered there. At the very first instant they forgot all their sufferings" (Diary 153).
In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, we are reminded to .. Pray without ceasing. Never give up.
I saw a painting in a French gallery that left an impression.
It was three panels with the middle panel missing. One panel was very dark (black and white) and dreary with many people falling into an abyss (like Hell) and the other panel was colorful and full of joy with a few people looking up with smiles (Heaven).
I had a friend that suffered a heart attack and near death experience and described his experience as a tunnel of light that was very pleasing and watching many people (too many to count) falling down into an abyss (very depressing).