![]() Every day he tells me that he loves me, but he never does anything to help me. Listen to what she said: “I don’t understand David. Maxine, who had been married for 15 years, came to my office one day because she was frustrated with her marriage. If acts of service is your spouse’s primary love language, nothing will speak more deeply to him or her emotionally than simple acts of service. ![]() Before long, you will see new life sprouting in your marriage as your spouse responds to your words of love.ĭo you remember the old saying, “Actions speak louder than words”? For some people, that is particularly true of love. If your spouse’s primary love language is words of affirmation, your spoken praise and appreciation will fall like rain on parched soil. I never get a single word of appreciation.” I can’t tell you how many men and women have sat in my office over the past 30 years and said to me, “I work my tail off every day, yet my spouse acts like I haven’t done a thing. Inside I said, “Yes!” because I knew the power of appreciation. When he walked back into the room where we were talking with our daughter, she looked up and said, “John, thanks for taking the garbage out.” One time when my wife and I were visiting our daughter and son-in-law and our two grandchildren, our son-in-law took the garbage out after dinner. Each person has a primary love language that we must learn to speak if we want that person to feel loved. After 30 years as a marriage counselor, I am convinced that there are five basic love languages – five ways to express love emotionally. ![]()
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