I'm Bilingual; Are You?

I’ve been counting my blessings lately and my husband is one of my biggest blessings that God has given me. I want our relationship to be the very best it can be especially during this time of trial we’ve been facing, it needs to be strong so we can face the uncertain future together and know that we still mean what we vowed to each other over 8 years ago on our wedding day. I know what I have with this being a second marriage for us both, how blessed we are to have been given a second chance, so we are serious about making it work, not just because we don’t want to be failures but for Christ’s Name sake. So that is where my mind has been today, can you tell? J

Do you know your love language? I have a book by Gary Chapman called The 5 Love Languages and it is a wonderful book about the different ways we give and receive love. There are, you guessed it, five languages! Here they are…

1.      Words of Affirmation

2.      Quality Time

3.      Receiving Gifts

4.      Acts of Service

5.      Physical Touch

When it comes to these languages we can be bilingual. I am! Here’s the catch, unless you know your child or spouse’s love language you will give love in your own language. If their language is different then they won’t receive it, how sad to try as hard as you can to show your love and have it go unaccepted. This can cause a lot of friction in a relationship when both people are genuinely trying to express their love but feel the other isn’t trying.

I love words of affirmation but my husband isn’t particularly demonstrative verbally when it comes to love but he shows it in his actions. He makes sure I know I’m loved in his love language, acts of service. I know this is his language so I accept it as his love for me. I know I’m loved even though at times I yearn to hear him tell me in flowery words how much I mean to him or better yet write me a love letter. Still, I know I am a woman who is most blessed to have a man who loves her with all his heart and would do anything for her.  

When it comes to knowing the deepest longings of our hearts we have One love who will meet us where we are and satisfy every longing of our heart. Jesus Christ. He speaks each of our languages fluently and He knows exactly what our love languages are, He fulfill every need we have and we never have to wonder  where we stand with Him. He is aware of what we require even when we don’t recognize that we have a need; that is an amazing love!

1.      Words of Affirmation ~ The Bible is the greatest love letter ever!

2.      Quality Time ~ He will never leave us or forsake us! Hebrews 13:5

3.      Receiving Gifts ~ He came as a gift wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger. Luke 2:12

4.      Acts of Service ~ Died for our sins, was resurrected, ascended to Heaven and will come again for us! I Corinthians 15:1-4; Acts 1:9-11; Matthew 24:27-31

5.      Physical Touch ~ Jesus gave us His Holy Spirit who lives within every believer! I John 2:26-27

I want you to read the following and then close your eyes and imagine it…

“The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:

   “Amen, Hallelujah!”  Then a voice came from the throne, saying:

   “Praise our God,
   all you his servants,
you who fear him,
   both small and great!”

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:

   “Hallelujah!
   For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
 Let us rejoice and be glad
   and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
   and his bride has made herself ready.
 Fine linen, bright and clean,
   was given her to wear.”

   (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)

 Then the angel said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!’” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”  Revelation 19:4-9 NIV

 We will celebrate the wedding feast of the Lamb when we will marry the ultimate LOVER, WARRIOR, and KING! Whether we are men or women let us never forget we are His Bride……