You can take it as a matter of doctrine that you are created in my image and that this applies to everyone. Is this just a propositional truth claim for you, or a living reality? When you look at other people, even the least of these, do you see their infinite worth? Do you see it in yourself as well? You have been told that you are sinful, and you see the evidence to support this. Do you also see that you are beloved; that your infinite worth is intrinsic and inalienable? Do you behave as if this is true?

Have you heard that hurt people hurt people? This is a gracious way to explain the bad behavior of others. If they are victims it can normalize pathology within them and they pass on to others what they have received themselves, never knowing anything else. This may explain why they do what they do, but does it make it any less painful to be hurt by them? There is a positive counterpart to this situation. Healed people heal others. Do you know that you need healing and desire it and seek it for your own benefit? Desire it and seek it for the benefit it will bring to others as well.

Are you worthy? Worthy of what? The concept of worthiness is associated with good conduct and character. It is something attained by some and by implication, not by others. It is considered to be an achievement and something deserved by effort and intention. But you consider human worth to be intrinsic, equal for everyone and unearned on the basis of the sanctity of life created in my image. But worthiness and worth are the same concept because they are the same word. So which of these is the valid definition? Is worth earned or given?

Have you ever gone on a trip and taken pictures and shared them with your friends back home and realized that the pictures didn’t do justice to the experience? Have you had the same thing happen in a spiritual sense, that you couldn’t adequately describe your experience with God? Paul was taken up into heaven and said he saw things that were not lawful to speak. Perhaps this could also be translated as things that were impossible to describe. Have you ever been at a loss for words? Is it desirable for your experience to run ahead of your comprehension or not?