Netflix Knows My Valentine

Have you noticed just how much your electronic devices study and memorize you? I’m sitting here in front of my TV scanning through movies and TV shows on Netflix. In the earlier days of Netflix the categories were set to genres such as new releases, dramas, comedies, and so on. Now I notice in this latest update of Netflix, at least for the Wii, that the categories are “because you watched…” This feature really annoys me because the sad thing is my five year old son does most of the movie watching so all of my categories are full of Power Rangers and superhero cartoons.

We all know the Internet watches everything you click. Your smart phone auto types your word before you have time to type it out, and until recently (ya right) the government has been listening to all your phone calls through sophisticated wire tapping devices. Even with all that studying going on, it’s amazing to me how much we don’t study the ones we love.

Every year during this week, men all over the world are scrambling (if they remember) to get their wife or girlfriend a gift for Valentine’s Day. I asked a few of my close friends what they are getting their wives for the big day and most of their reactions were “When is it? Shoot, I don’t know what to get her.” I believe the reason is because we haven’t taken the time, like technology has, to study the ones we love.

I have been a pastor since 1997 and through the years I have had the privilege to marry at least a dozen couples. Before I would agree to marry them, they had to agree to go through at least 6 sessions of premarital counselling with me.

During those sessions one of the books we went through was Gary Chapman’s book called “The 5 Love Languages.” In his top selling book Gary reveals the 5 love languages that we all possess. They are (Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch.) During one of our counseling sessions I would have them each guess the others love language and then reveal what theirs really is to their fiancé. Some of them had no clue what the others love language was, and some of them were right on. I encouraged them to keep that information in a place in their mind that was easily accessible. I believe in knowing and understanding your loved ones love language can really help you know what to do, not only for Valentine’s Day but, to show your love for them all throughout the year.

What are you and your loved ones Love Languages? Follow this link and find out! http://www.5lovelanguages.com/