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Okay, since I'm not a "religious" person by any stretch, take this with a grain of salt.
The way I have always regarded the Bible and any outlying unincluded Gospels is similar to what you're feeling: they are accounts written by humans with personal motives, and while people with faith may feel they were only writing the word of God, I have a hard time believing that any true Word wasn't diluted by the filter of the person writing.
Thus, rather than interpreting anything literally, I take it as a collection of stories that illustrate the history we're from, the social mores and politics of the time. There are some pretty basic truths to be taken from this - love thy neighbor, do unto others etc., and those are true no matter who wrote what. Any God that I might believe in (or their children) would be someone who wants me to live that way.
So the new Gospels being found? More perspective. More history and insight. But they shouldn't change how you feel about God or how you should live your life.
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My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talkin'.
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