Yesterday afternoon I watched Ree Drummond on The Pioneer Woman as she made and delivered four chocolate based treats to loved ones.
The Pioneer Woman is TV show on the food network that features Ree in her kitchen as she cooks and shares her favorite dishes/recipes.
In this episode, she baked and gifted these treats to celebrate chocolate appreciation day. I didn’t even know there was a day for this. She explained that she chose to do this because cooking and sharing food was her love language (Acts of service).
Speaking of love languages, she made me go back to a thought I’ve had for some time now. I have always thought to myself about how there’s ‘giving love language’ and then there is ‘receiving love language’.
I fear that the reason we may experience some problems in our relationships may be because we love people in our giving language rather than the one they would prefer to receive.
Just like Ree Drummond,I love to give my warm cooked meals to loved ones. Oh how it makes my heart smile…but, on the other hand, I would not feel particularly loved if someone made me a meal or or something like that. I think I receive words of affirmation and quality time for love.
The simplicity of all this is, I think we should love people in their love language even as we speak ours and let them know ours too, so that they can love us just right.
🤔 Random thoughts


If we do all the giving we deprive others of that pleasure when we can’t receive
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This is so relatable. I know I used to feel unloved at some point in my life and this explains the situation. I was really bad at receiving love. I have since repented and everything’s been much better.
Thank you Derrick.
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yes, such good points. I have a tie between acts of service and gift giving/receiving. not valuable and pricy gifts but gifts from the heart or specially chosen for someone
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Thank you Beth. Yeah I get what you mean about the gifts. This year I made a mini bookshelf for my aunt’s birthday and I think she really liked it.
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You make a great point about how our love languages can be different, so we need to learn about how others prefer to receive love. 🌞
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Honestly. It causes a bit of problem in my home. I plan to pay some serious attention to it
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