The Bible’s the only book that can totally change your life, but there are some other books with great biblical roots and godly principles that can have a profound effect on your life and the legacy of your family life. For my wife and me, The Five Love Languages fits on that bookshelf. Aside from the Bible, no book helped us parent our three girls well as much as Dr. Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages. We both wish we’d have known about the Love Languages when our kids were young, but we didn’t come across it until all three of our daughters were in high school.
One of the things that makes this book so good is its simplicity. As Debbie and I read through it, we realized this isn’t rocket science. It’s common sense, in language we could easily understand, with concepts simple enough that we could do something with them immediately. I call this “putting the cookies on the bottom shelf.” And believe me, finding these great cookies on the bottom shelf was a very big gift from God to us. And I think it will be to you, too.
Since the publication of the original book, other editions have been produced, including The Five Love Languages for Children, The Five Love Languages for Teenagers, and The Five Love Languages Singles Edition, and several other editions. Each of these succeeding editions flesh out the main principles of the original book and make interesting specific applications to a target group. The original book is still on the New York Times Bestseller list, which is no small thing, since it was first published in 1992. Millions of people have been influenced by Dr. Chapman’s simple concept that people develop best when they know they’re loved, and that they know they’re loved when they hear it in language they understand. You can order the book from the link below.
http://www.canyonechobookstore.com/product.asp?sku=9780802473158
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