Human Love versus Christ's Love

I have come to understand the difference between human love and Christ's love.  Human love is based on emotions, our thoughts about things, it changes based on our moods, experiences and feelings.  It even changes based on our past experiences, our perceptions etc.  It's fickle.  Christ's love is solid, it's based on unchangeable principles.  It's based on integrity and the high standards of Heaven.  

Christ's love truly cares always about the well being of others despite the circumstances of life.  It forgives, it extends out to others unselfishly, it's expansive enough to truly be able to include others not just ourselves.  When people love just from humanness it's also based often on attraction, not higher principles.  If attraction is there, love is there.  When attraction goes, the love goes with it.  I once had a very wise man say to me when contemplating marriage watch how the other person treats everyone, not just how they treat you.  

Christ's love takes the high road in situations and is always aware and concerned with the well being of all those around, even those we might not like, those who have hurt us, those where there has been conflict.  Jesus asks us to go beyond our normal human love.  He asks us to reach higher.  I have also noticed that to do this is almost an impossible task unless we have the Holy Spirit helping us.  Our humanness is too strong.  It is selfish, it does think about self constantly.  It competes, it's trying to survive, get needs and desires met.  Not be left out or deprived.  Get what's best.  Be number one etc. etc.  

A friend at church said recently that her husband always prays that the Holy Spirit be with him, and I realized that is the key.  We need to constantly ask the Spirit to be with us, then loving as Christ did, or being Christ like is attainable.  It's the Spirit that testifies of Jesus Christ and it's the Spirit that helps us live Christ like in our daily lives.  I know for myself with out the Spirit it's too hard on my own.  I truly do need the Holy Spirit's influence, guidance and power to live a Christ Centered life.  Amen.

From now on I pray that the Holy Spirit will be with me as I live day to day, and I seek to express the love of Christ, to be Christ like in all that I do.  In all my interactions.  I call on the Holy Spirit to help me with this. 

Choose What Is Most Vibrant

I realized recently that for many years now I always choose what is going to make me feel most vibrant.  I hadn't realized this is how I make choices, it was kind of an automatic thing I did with out thinking about it.  But the other day I had 2 choices before me and I decided on one of them then I became aware that choosing what would make me feel most vibrant was what was the deciding factor.  

Now I get asked on a regular basis how I stay looking so young.  Most people under guess my age by at least 10 years if not more.  I never know what to say.  I do feel extremely young inside, this is true.  But I really didn't know why that was either.  Some people ask with mere curiosity, and others ask with down right resentment, like people I haven't seen for many years will say things like "don't you age!!?" or "how come you are not aging like the rest of us, or you look no different than you did a few years ago." and various comments like this.  The curious ones ask me as if I have a potion of fountain of youth in my back pocket.  Well of course I don't, and I never really know what to say other than " I don't plan to age, or I just feel really young" which is true.  

When I became aware that I usually choose what will make me feel most vibrant, then I completely understood why I feel so young, and why I guess this shows on the outside.  I have noticed people as they get older saying things like "it's too much effort, or I can't be bothered, or I am too old for this or that." Now is not people who are 90 this can be anyone from 30 to 50.  I am always shocked when people talk this way.  Would you ever hear a kid using these words????  Never.  

So here is my advice, always do what makes you feel most vibrant in life.  From now on when I get asked about my age and why I look so young, this is what I am going to say.  This is the magic potion for that keeps you from aging, this truly is the fountain of youth. 

To add to this, I have noticed also that it is the innocent pure things of life that make me feel most vibrant, and I have noticed this is true for a lot of people.  Just go to any water slide park and watch people of all ages from children to seniors plunging down those slides into the water.  Listen to the squeals of delight!  The same is true for Fireworks, Christmas, Birthday parties, anything that makes us feel innocent and pure seems to also make us feel vibrant and alive, and helps us to feel in tune with our inner child, with our spirit, with our true self.  

Today I choose the innocent pure things in life which make me feel most vibrant, therefore, I am choosing vitality, health, happiness and youth!  I am choosing fulfillment.