Is God close when I feel like a ghost?

There's a word for this feeling. You move through rooms, through conversations, through your own days, and it feels like you're just passing through. The laughter around a table, the chatter in a group text—you can be right in the middle of it and still feel utterly separate, like you're watching a movie of a life that isn't quite yours.

Of course you feel this way. When you give pieces of yourself—your attention, your energy, your care—and it seems like no one truly notices the person doing the giving, loneliness isn't a failure. It's a reasonable response. You're not too sensitive for wanting to be known.

Here is what the Bible says about that feeling: "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Not close to people who have their act together. Close to the brokenhearted. That's the ghost-feeling person. That's you right now. He doesn't pull back when you feel invisible. He moves toward you. Your loneliness is not a sign that God has left. It is exactly the place where He shows up.