Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island was a signer of the Declaration. If you notice his signature (Google it), it's shaking like crazy. It's said that, upon signing, he looked at his signature and stated "My hand trembles, but my heart does not".
In later years, George Washington would suggest that he was astounded the British didn't know where he and his troops were the night they crossed the Delaware. He mentioned that his men had just marched some 20 miles through blizzard like conditions, and most of the men had little or nothing but rags on their feet, and they left a trail of blood for 20 miles in the snow from frost bitten feet. Instead of giving up, however, they spent many hours battling the frozen river in blizzard like conditions to cross the river, then marched ANOTHER 12 miles to engage the Hessians at Trenton, where they would find their attack plans in the pocket of one of the soldiers, unopened.
There is story after story after story like this throughout our Nation's founding. Tell me the hand of God wasn't on this Nation's founding. It's where the courage came from, and it gave them the will to continue under the worst circumstances.
And to put a skeptics eye on it, perhaps the British took a look outside the tent and said “hey maybe the weather will clear in the morning”
but I totally understand what you’re saying.
I think there can be hubris that can lead to unwise actions when you’re 100% convinced the Lord is behind you and supporting your every action.
One thing that I do have faith in is that if there is indeed as I hope there is a God and an afterlife, that all the questions about why things are like they are will be explained. I couldn’t ask for a better afterlife than that.