Gift giving

During FMA last year every student was required to take a personality test in order to discover the best ways of working with one another in such a close environment. I resulted in being an Otter (fun loving gal) and Golden Retriever (administrative evaluator type). Anyway, a couple of friends and I took it a step further and took another quiz to discover what our love languages are, not just for 'future husband' benefit, but also just to know how we like to be loved and how we like to give our love. The quiz is based on the book 'The 5 love languages by Gary Chapman'. In conclusion I found out that my receiving love language is physical touch while my giving away love language is giving gifts.

I really feel like this is accurate for me because there is nothing I love more than giving gifts to people I really truly admire and cherish. A lot of the time I feel like I am not so great at expressing how I feel with words. So if I really like someone I get them a gift.

Gifts can say so many different things like: "hey, I was listening to you when you told me you really wanted _______". Or "I know you really like these things and wanted to bless you with getting you one". Or even "this is just something I might thought you like". It could also be a reminder of a memory like "hey, remember that day when we laughed so hard about so and so such thing, well this totally reminded me of that". The list goes on and on. I love it.

The good thing about taking these self examining quizzes is that for the most part I don't evaluate how I come off to other people. I could really like someone but have really closed off body language. Or I could really want to talk to someone but never speak up (not out of fear) just out of not knowing the things to say. Gift giving for me is the easiest form of showing affection/respect/admiration because I feel like a present says everything for me or jump starts what it is I want to say by beginning with a simple "I appreciate you".

The point of this post is not so much conveying how I love other people but more so a statement and testimony of how this has transformed me into learning how I express myself to God. I have had such an awesome time giving to the Lord. Finding what He wants and sneaking little presents here and there. He's a hard guy to surprise but I've found so much delight and favor upon my life just in looking for ways to give more to Him. I really think all of our giving love languages are gift giving to God to some extent simply because He longs for us to live righteously and that takes the sacrifice of giving of yourself. The best part of it all is that He created me to receive love through physical touch and honors that on occasion with physical manifestations of Himself. How rad is that? I don't know much but I know how I love and I know how I want to be loved back and all I can do is come to Him as a little weak girl hoping for more of Him.

I feel loved when...

The Five Love Languages

My Primary Love Language is Physical Touch

My Detailed Results:
Physical Touch:	11
Receiving Gifts:	10
Quality Time:	6
Acts of Service:	2
Words of Affirmation:	1

About this quiz

Unhappiness in relationships is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. It can be helpful to know what language you speak and what language those around you speak.

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