I completely agree with your conclusions and will take them a step further. You are correct, we do not deserve credit for how we are made, God does.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
Psalm 139:13-14
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:26-27
God has created all of mankind in His image. Granted, by our own actions we have sinned against Him and allowed evil to rule our world (we can get into that at a later time). I try view every person as an image bearer of God. Some are physically beautiful, others are intelligent, nurturing, empathetic, selfless, and many more, all by nature. Sure, I can train myself to be more empathetic just like someone can go to the gym to lose weight, or go to school to increase their knowledge, but some people are simply born with an aptitude towards certain things. We need to teach our children that there is value in every person, regardless of whether they provide value to you.
I'm actually writing a book called "Redeeming Christ" that undermines most of what you say above. I've published the first couple chapters already on my Steemit blog, though I've not really gotten into the substance yet. Much more to come.