God's motive

Just out of curiosity, why did God create beings so far beneath Himself? If He was lonely  and needed friends, why not create beings closer to being His equals? 

Perhaps it’s because if He’d created equals, they wouldn’t really appreciate Him and wouldn’t see much point in worshiping Him, since they would be, after all, equals. 

But did He need to feel so much bigger and more important than His creation? Did He feel a need to be worshiped? Wouldn’t that be vain? And wouldn’t it also be vain for us lowly humans to believe that God needed us? 

Surely, He doesn’t need us. We are a constant disappointment to Him. We can’t live up to His expectations and standards, and we’re constantly reminded of this fact. And why would we want to be in a relationship with Him if we aren’t good enough for Him? As if that situation isn’t bad enough within human relationships, it’s even worse in this case as it’s a disappointment He set Himself up for, since He did create us. 

So from His angle, why create us (or anything) at all?

On the other hand, from our angle, many of us would feel that we do need Him, which would be a motive for us to create Him.