The question of evil

Unwittingly, I have looked evil in the face and survived, although the swath of destruction in the wake of what's unfolded will run deep and wide for years to come. It's cases of bad, indeed truly horrible, things happening to good and innocent people that solidify my thoughts on intercessory prayer. If God were truly hanging out just waiting to jump on the scene, if only enough people were to pray about it, that puts a lot of power on individuals and shows a lack of faith in God. (These folks seem to think God doesn't know God's business without a little micro-managing from humanity.) Not only that, but if God were to be following marching orders dictated by us humans, there would be a lot of folks who would suddenly go up in puffs of smoke because God would be pulling double shifts in the smiting business. But, I guess when humanity has lost faith in itself, it needs to turn somewhere. I'm just not convinced this placing of human desires on the human construct of God is healthy for anyone.