Value of You-God not only values life, He values us as individuals. Our value comes from Him. We are valuable because we are God’s creation. He created man a little lower than the angels, to be an overseer over all creation. Nothing in creation is more important than man. Everything in creation was made for man. God said He created every herb, every tree, every beast, and everything else that He created, for man. However, God didn’t just want a bunch of overseers, He wanted us as individuals. He created everyone of us as a unique individual. God didn’t want just a bunch of people, He wants you and me. He wants to preserve life because when someone dies, that is a loss of someone He created. All the other values come from the fact that He values us and wants what is best for us.
If we don’t know that God loves us and wants us, our perception of ourself comes from those around us. If we don’t know that God cares about us and we are important to Him, our only value comes from what we perceive is our value to others. If others treat us as if we are important, we will feel important, but it is a fragile thing as people can turn on us suddenly. If people just see us as old or crippled and ignore us or look down on us, we internalize it and it becomes a downward spiral.