I know that feeling. I've worked it out to "Well, if someone were up for smiting, they would probably have done it."

I'm guessing the gods get on a little bit better than their followers, too. And, I suppose, if one really wanted to, since a lot of prayers are directed pretty generally, I suppose it's not too much of an offense if you add your voice to the group of people requesting that god look after his or her followers, even if you personally don't count yourself as one of those followers.