Dr. Gary Chapman has been a big help for a thousands and
thousands of relationships since his book “The Five Love Languages” went out.
It’s a must read book for everyone who is married.
Love language is the things you have to see, hear or get so you will feel loved. Chapman shares five of these that we all know and
have but one of them is dominant yet that’s different for every person. It’s
easy to know your own love language but your partner may have a different one.
And to continue to have a successful relationship, you should find out and
regularly do with love what makes him or her feel loved by you. To you it may
seem pointless, but to the person you love it may mean the world!
The book is simply amazing! Chapman writes from experience
and from the heart. He really talks to you and not down on you but still is
able to impart a lot of really significant lessons that we all need to be
reminded of. All relationships go through a rough patch and for some, even more
than just a patch and these insights could drastically change someone’s life in
an instant.
The best thing about it is that it’s Bible-based. The Bible
is the greatest book of love ever written and when we get tips and tricks from
it and we include God in our relationships, we will almost never go wrong. We
will be capable of limitless love just like how God loves us unconditionally.
Chapman intelligently uses Bible stories and relates them to our marriages.
It’s like the decryption of the parables of Jesus for us.
Chapman almost guides the reader’s way in, through and for
marriage. He makes you realize the things you do and think wrong and provides not
only wise suggestions on how to go about it, but also provides strong Biblical
foundations for your relationship with God and with your spouse.
We have to acknowledge the fact that marriage is difficult
but with the right formula: God + You = Joy, everything we do in our lives,
especially—but not limited to marriage, will be nourished continually and
eventually flourish.
The book gets four out of five bright stars from me. It’s a
read that addresses emotional, relational, and most of all spiritual aspects of
our life. We learn from Chapman that happy marriage doesn't just happen. It’s a
work in progress of two individuals who love God and love each other
unconditionally.
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