Speaking Another’s Love Language

Speaking Another’s Love Language

Let love be your highest goal!

1 Corinthians 14:1

WHAT IF SPEAKING your spouse’s love language doesn’t come naturally for you? The answer is simple: You learn to speak it.

My wife’s love language is acts of service. One of the things I do regularly for her as an act of love is to vacuum the house. Do you think that vacuuming floors comes naturally for me? When I was a kid, my mother made me vacuum. On Saturdays, I couldn’t play ball until I vacuumed the whole house. In those days, I said to myself, If I ever get out of here, there’s one thing I’m never going to do: vacuum!

You couldn’t pay me enough to vacuum the house. There is only one reason I do it: love. You see, when an action doesn’t come naturally to you, doing it is a greater expression of love. My wife knows that every time I vacuum the house, it’s nothing but 100 percent pure, unadulterated love, and I get credit for the whole thing. The Bible reminds us that love should be our highest goal. We can make it an attainable goal by speaking our spouse’s love language, even when it’s not our own.

And how do I benefit? I get the pleasure of living with a wife who has a full love tank. What a way to live!

Father God, you know that sometimes practicing my spouse’s love language doesn’t feel natural to me. Please help me to do it anyway—and to do it completely because of love.

Love Language