We are not separate from God.

God is not one of us, but do not worry about this, worrying does not help.  I would not recommend that anybody try to understand God. 

If our prayers are prayers of thankfulness, then good. If our prayers ask God to change things, remember this: God is not going to change the Universe to accommodate our prayers. Prayers work best when they are prayers of thankfulness. Praying may help the person who prays to feel better and to be better, then again, maybe not. Praying may help the group that prays to feel better and to be better, then again, maybe not.

When able-thinking people ponder the meaning of God, time-after-time they discover that God is a name for all that exists. That is what the Catholic nuns were saying when they said God is omnipresent, omnipotent. God is not the creator of all that exists, God is all that exists.  

Simply, God does not exist separate from existence, God IS existence. God is not one of us, but we are a very small, temporary part of God. We may be very important to ourselves, and we may be very important to some other people. Are we important to God? The question is irrelevant because we are not separate from God. All praise be to God. Know thyself. Be happy.