Day 2 has been quite a bit different than day 1. Since I had to work today, I wasn't able to find as much quiet time and it too me until this evening to get to my task for the day. Today, I wanted to focus on my marriage, so without getting too personal, I'll tell you a bit about what God has shown me today as it relates to me and my husband's relationship.
Have you heard of the book The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman? It is a sort of handbook for couples, written by a marriage counselor with over 30 years of experience. He noticed some patterns amongst his clients along the way and determined that there are 5 basic ways that people give and receive love with their significant other. The key is to understand your spouses' primary love language and try to show them how much you care while speaking their language.
The 5 Love Languages Are:
Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Personal Touch
You can even go to the website www.5lovelanguages.com and take a quiz to see what your primary love language is. Mine is Quality Time, which isn't a surprise to me, as I have noticed how much I enjoy spending time with my husband no matter what we are doing.
I believe I know what my husband's primary love language(s) are, so my task for today is to do something that will appeal to that love language, even though I may not be fluent in it yet. Interestingly enough, Gary Chapman noted, in his years of counseling, that most people end up with people who speak a different love language than themselves. This makes it even more important to find out what language your significant other speaks and try to increase your vocabulary!
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