How Do You Say ‘I Love You’?
April 12–
Flowers? Candy? A fancy dinner? Several years ago, Dr. Gary Chapman helped us understand that there are Five Love Languages. We usually try to say “I Love You” in one of our love languages to a person who may not share our love languages. What are they? 1. Words. 2. Gifts. 3. Touch. 4. Time. 5. Serving. My love languages are words and touch. My wife’s love languages are time and serving. If I want to express my love toward her, I need to give her my undivided attention or help her. Saying “I Love You” or hugging my wife do not mean as much to her as they do to me. If she gives me her undivided attention or helps me, it doesn’t register as “I Love You” to me.
What are your love languages? What are your spouse’s love languages? How can we become better at loving one another? We look to the source of real love.
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect (1 John 4:9-17).
See you in church Sunday!
Grace & blessings,
Pastor Bob
