It’s what you call, “Testing the waters.” You want to see if they are feeling what you are feeling. One night, when the moon is right, one of you will say, “You know, I think I could love you.” It’s the tingles that motivate us to ask someone out for a hamburger. You said to yourself, “Oooh!” I call that little experience the tingles. Now we all remember how it started right? You guys remember the day when you walked down the hallway and she came out of class. Gary: I want to speak today on the two most difficult and misunderstood words in the English language. As our listeners are about to hear, Gary has a little bit-if you’ve never heard him speak before, he got a little bit of a-īob: A little bit of a drawl, as we like to say! Awhile back, he spoke at a FamilyLife event that had like-what was it?-like 18,000 people at this event?īob: There were multiple thousands of people. He and his wife Karolyn have two adult children and two grandchildren. Today, he’s the Senior Associate Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It has been translated into 36 languages. He holds a PhD from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and has written a book that has sold more than 5 million copies. When I first heard Gary Chapman unpack this idea of love languages, it was very helpful for our marriage.ĭennis: Well, Gary Chapman is a pastor, speaker, and author (for those who have never heard of him-if you’re listening in Antarctica right now). She can do all the nice things for me she wants but if she doesn’t say, “You are such a stud!”, then she hasn’t spoken love to me you know? (Laughter) I’m just being honest.
So, I can say all the words I want but if I don’t pick up a rake and do something, I haven’t spoken love to her. My way of receiving love is-I like words of affirmation and I like physical touch. I remember reading it, and I found it helpful because Mary Ann and I don’t naturally speak the same love language. Do you think there’s anybody on the planet who doesn’t know what the five love languages are?ĭennis: There might be a tribe somewhere in Antarctica-(Laughter)-but I doubt it!īob: Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages-and it has probably been translated into whatever they speak in Antarctica-it is a bestseller. Because it’s a “Week of Love”, we’re going to find out what real love is and what real love does.īob: In fact, I’m just wondering. I’m sure we’ll be sending little messages back and forth to one another while I’m gone this week because it’s the “Week of Love” and you do those kinds of things right?ĭennis: You do those kinds of things. What a man you are, Bob!īob: I will be in regular touch with my wife. (Laughter)īob: But I’m there to minister to them around marriage.ĭennis: Doing your duty. You’re there with Barbara I’m there alone. In fact, this week, you and I both are on the FamilyLife “Love Like You Mean It” marriage cruise. Mary Ann has just gotten back from international travel, and I have just left for some international travel. Tell the truth.īob: The truth is that Mary Ann and I are not going to be together on Valentine’s Day.īob: It’s a sad fact. Thanks for joining us on the Monday edition.ĭennis: Well, did you get the chocolates for Mary Ann? Have you done it, Bob? I mean, tell the truth, now. Stay tuned.Īnd welcome to FamilyLife Today. Gary Chapman on how we can do a better job of saying, “I love you,” to our spouse in a way that he or she can understand what we’re trying to say. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey and I'm Bob Lepine. “Sit on the couch and talk to me!”īob: This is FamilyLife Today for Monday, February 13th. Most women would be glad to have a man like me.” (Laughter) The woman is dying for quality time. Every Saturday, I wash the car and I mow the grass. I get out there, and work all week long, and bring home the money. So, the husband says, “I don’t understand a woman. They are loving each other, but they’re not connecting. Gary: I believe there are literally thousands of couples in this country, many of them Christians, who are as sincere as they can be. Bob: Many couples who are deeply in love with each other still experience problems in trying to communicate their love to each other.
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