THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES BY GARY CHAPMAN

Gary Chapman is a man of words. A Pastor, an anthropologist, holding a Masters in Religious education and a doctorate in adult education, he is the perfect author to write a book on the five languages of love.

Or rather, five love languages, as he prefers to put it.

What are these five languages you ask? They are:

*Words of affirmation
*Quality time
*Receiving gifts
*Acts of service
*Physical touch

Each of these languages is essential in marriage for it to survive and strengthen. I can vouch for these points now that I’m a husband.

We must be willing to learn our partner’s primary language of love, Gary says, if we want to be effective communicators of love.

To make matters complicated, people speak different languages of love and one needs to understand which one works when and how.

The primary language of love for each person is developed in childhood and is influenced how parents express love to the children. Chapman reminds us that every child has something called an “empty love tank” which the child aims to fill in the way it knows love. When this need is unmet, the child falters. Read more….