I had a conversation with a friend last night about the use of "the five love languages." If you are not familiar with the love language model, it is actually a very helpful model of how to understand the way those we love give and receive love - and how that differs from us. It comes from a book by Dr. Gary Chapman called The Five Love Languages and I highly recommend it if you haven't read it. I can vouch that the model helped me love my wife better. I am a words of affirmation and touch guy. So I value Lauren's praise and her touch. Lauren on the other hand is a works of service person. She shows love by doing small acts of kindness or helpfulness - and she feels loved when I reciprocate. The tension here is obvious. In our early days so of marriage, I would walk up to Lauren and say oh-so-smoothly, "Hey, baby, you look good in that outfit" while laying my hands on her in an affirming way. I sure liked it when Lauren did that to me - s...
A man made of mud learning to live as an image bearer of God