Ah, well, we're all deluded in one way or another. ;-) I was raised Methodist, but today I'm a Baha'i. From that perspective, I think it may be useful to look at religion on a meta-level. People often compare different religions to see how they differ, but seldom do they consider how they are the same. The similarities might tell us something of value. (One small example: pretty much every major religion offers some version of what Christians call "the Golden Rule.")

There's an interesting passage in the Baha'i Holy Writings that refers to God as "the most Manifest of the manifest and the most Hidden of the hidden." If God is the Creator of all that exists, then there can be no direct sign of His existence. He is not part of the creation; rather, the creation itself emanates from Him. At the same time, everything in the creation must bear some sign of its Creator. A possibly helpful analogy is the sun emanating light which is reflected in varying ways and degrees by whatever it touches. Everything we see bears witness to the existence of the sun, even on a cloudy day when the sun is not directly visible to us. (Of course, this is an analogy only, so don't try to push it too far! All analogies break down at some point.)

One last thought. The poor, the homeless, the sick, etc. are all under God's care and protection along with the rest of us. But nowhere was it ever written that God makes our lives perfectly what we want them to be. On the one hand, existence is bigger than this physical world. We are fundamentally spiritual beings, not physical beings (again, this is a theme that runs through pretty much all religions). We miss the larger part of the picture if we look at only our physical condition. And second, we are very much God's hands in the work of helping those in need. Those in need are God's trust, placed in the hands of those of us who can help them. But we aren't meat puppets. We get to make our own choices as to how or whether we will help. If we don't, that's on us, not God. And those in need will, in some form or another, receive recompense from Him, even if we don't recognize it.

I don't know if any of that will mean anything to you (or anyone else), but I thought I'd throw it out there, just in case.