You're listening to Encounter, a simple daily podcast to help you find the sacred in the ordinary.

We have 100 meditation episodes on this podcast, but if you want to listen for free to the entire library of 500,

I encourage you to download the Encountering Peace mobile app,

where all the meditations are free, as they should be.

You may be familiar with Gary Chapman's book Five Love Languages.

The love languages are quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, touch, or an act of service.

My wife and I read that book several years ago, and it was life-changing for our relationship. My love

language is words of affirmation. She loves gifting me with sweet words of affirmation towards me,

so I just assumed that was her love language, too. Turns out, it's not. It's acts of service. And that opened up a whole new way for me to

show her my love by doing little things around the house. I mean, who knew you could show love by

simply taking out the trash? So how do you like receiving love? And perhaps a better question is, how do you like showing love?

And is that way customized to the person that you are loving?

Well, this meditation from 1 John, Chapter 4 is a reflection on love languages,

how we receive love, and how we share it with others.

So to begin your meditation, find a place to be open before your creator, a spot to be vulnerable.

We will be together in this divine retreat for about 15 minutes, a silent sanctuary for you to be loved, and a place to demonstrate love.

For now, allow your breathing to settle and your eyes to close without effort.

Just allow your intentions to shift from the world

to the eternal, peeling away the disturbances of the world to reveal God at loving rest

within you, centering on this present moment of love from God, Spirit, and Son.

Continue in this time of reflection by responding to this passage from romans chapter 12 and as i lead us

respond simply lord god help me show love with action and truth may god bless the reading of his word

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