Maybe he's just a figment of your imagination, the light at the end of the tunnel, something to give you hope. I suppose there's nothing wrong with that, but I find it difficult to blindly follow a belief that has no hard facts to back it up. Religion is like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, only people tend to hold on to religion past their childhood. I never really believed there was a big rabbit that went around hiding hard-boiled eggs, but Santa Claus seemed real enough. Perhaps those were happier times.
Ignorance is bliss.
If your religion makes you happy, regardless of how inaccurate is, then it is right for you.