But His love will strengthen you where you sit and will melt the hardened heart and you won't know why. The Bible has been misinterpreted and bent to fit the mold of religion. I understand atheism. I understand religion. I know God.
All belief systems are human-made belief systems.
Some are wrought more carefully than others, and some are based upon human tradition whereas others are based upon human reason and careful observation combined with stringent public scrutiny. If He is or if He is not, doing this would not accomplish anything outside one's own mind, and in either situation, the act would not be honest. However, I can see how doing this while already having faith could impact one's outlook, and I can see this without any god existing. I certainly wouldn't let a feeling such as this constitute convincing evidence that a god exists, because what you describe happens to people all the time, and it can usually be chalked up as a purely emotional experience that has no objective reality. I appreciate your story, though.