Most gods of most worlds have human faces." "Because men make them in their image, Lutha remarked, somewhat bitterly. To grant mankind license to do … - Sheri S. Tepper

The answers to everything are in the books, he said to her. "It is in knowing which books, of course, and where to look."

am saying that perhaps God has already done his intervening by creating us. Perhaps He intends us to do what we keep praying He will do. Having designed us for a particular task, he has sent us into battle. We do not particularly enjoy the battle, so we keep begging him to let us off. He pays no attention because He does not keep track of us individually. He does not know where in the body we are or how many of us there are. He does not check to see whether we despair or persevere. Only if the body of the universe is healed will he know whether we have done what we were sent to do!

I suspect there’s little difference between whim and inspiration at the beginning of any chain of events. It’s what happens later that tells us which is which.