"Among other blessings, one gift that the messy, often difficult life of the local church offers us, if we will let it, is the regular reminder that we’re not that special, not in whatever twisted ways we like to tell ourselves. We are indeed special to God with these people, but not in comparison with them."
Here is a humbling article to help us realize that our true worth is measured by God and not by ourselves nor by the praises of man (Gal 1:10):
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/you-are-not-that-special
