Humility  is not effacing oneself . it is  not destroying  one's  sense of self- worth. it is  honest  recognition of our own worth, our worth as God sees us. Pride  elevates us above others, and often above  God himself . But to destroy one's sense of self worth is also unacceptable , for it denies the value God placed  upon us when he created us in his image and when he sent his Son to die for us. Christ  did not die for worms but for people he loves very much, and those people have  great worth or value in God's eyes.