The divine love does not depend on our emotional tide. God's love is consistent.

[jidong xiao]

我们爱弟兄常在于我们情感的起伏。我们情绪高昂时，就爱每个人。但我们情绪低落时，也许就不愿意向任何人显示爱。有些弟兄的情绪高昂时，几乎会作任何事帮助你。但他们一旦情绪低落，就一点也不愿意帮助人。这种弟兄虽然爱圣徒，却是照着情感的起伏不定爱他们。那种爱不是神圣的爱。神圣的爱不在于我们情感的起伏。因为这爱起源于神圣的生命，它就不改变。我们需要学习以这神圣的爱爱弟兄，不以那在于我们情感起伏的爱爱弟兄。

神的爱是始终如一的。我们若以这爱爱别人，也会是始终如一的。每当有人接触我们的时候，我们的爱会是相同的。我们总会有辨识并照着别人的需要爱他们。我们也许晓得一位弟兄需要多少爱，所以我们会量出、分配出那么多的爱给他；但另一位弟兄也许需要不同分量的爱应付他的需要。这是一种高尚的爱。

Often our brotherly love is dependent on the tide of our emotions. When our emotional tide is high, we love everyone. But when the tide of our emotion is low, we may not be willing to show love for anyone. When the emotional tide of some brothers is high, they will do almost anything to help you. But when the emotional tide is low, they are not willing to help at all. This kind of brother loves the saints, but he loves them according to the changeable tide of his emotion. That kind of love is not agape. The divine love does not depend on our emotional tide. Because this love has its source in the divine life, it does not change. We need to learn to love the brothers with this divine love, not with the love that depends on the tide of our emotions. 

God's love is consistent. If we love others with this love, we shall also be consistent. Whenever someone contacts us, we shall be the same with respect to our love. We shall always love others with discernment and according to their need. We may realize that one brother needs a certain measure of love. Therefore, we shall measure out, mete out, that much love to him. But another brother may need a different measure of love to meet his need. This is a noble kind of love.