A divine person is eternal, having no beginning or end. A human person is aeveternal - having a beginning but living on for eternity. The earthly pilgrimage may be brief or lengthly, but life remains to be a work of the Creator.
Here is a video of a life that may not be deemed as valuable because certain medical conditions. But tell that to the parents and to God.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th6Njr-qkq0
Video Description:
Eliot was born with an undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body. However, that could not stop the living God from proclaiming Himself through this boy who never uttered a word.