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Here she (Teresa of Calcutta) was, an outspoken follower of Jesus on an international stage, but when it came to warm, religious feelings, she had nothing. And that bothered her deeply. she kept serving the poor, kept praying, kept leading but she confided in her letters to confessors that she also felt like God had abandoned her.
She wrote that "the silence and emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.
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Brant Hansen (Blessed Are the Misfits: Great News for Believers who are Introverts, Spiritual Strugglers, or Just Feel Like They're Missing Something)