No? You really should.
There's one for married couples concerning how to love your spouse well, but I read his Singles' Edition. Loved it. Yes, being able to speak my (God willing) husband's love language well will be very important some day. But we need to love EVERYONE well...parents, siblings, co-workers, roommates, friends.
I often fall short of loving people well in the way they best receive love. But I want to! And--as hippie as this sounds--wouldn't the world be a better place if we all just tried to love each other better? After all, Jesus was all about the love...In Matthew 22, He says the greatest commandment is to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
And Paul echoes that. A lot.
"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves." Romans 12:9-10
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13
"The entire law is summed up in a single command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" Galatians 5:14
So yeah. Love.
I've done the little Love Language Inventory thing a couple of times (http://www.5lovelanguages.com...DO IT!) and both times showed how much I really enjoy Quality Time (closely followed by Words of Affirmation).
That being said, I have been so incredibly blessed by the amount of quality time I've spend with friends these past couple of weeks, especially on my little road trip (we'll call it my "Farewell Tour"). I had a wonderful trip, spending time with my lovelies in Atlanta, Birmingham and Nashville--most of whom I hadn't seen since graduation (a whole year?! TOO. LONG.)
I'm so thankful for the countless hours of meaningful conversations, endless hugs, and just plain old good times with so many people. It made the fact that I'm leaving soon so much more vividly real.
It's hard to say goodbye for two years to the many people I love, but I'm excited to meet the people I'll grow to love in the future. I wonder what their love languages will be...
Until next time!
Love from Home,
Elizabeth
