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.