Boundaries Part One

Most of us, especially the ones who tend towards people pleasing or ones who hate conflict, struggle with boundaries.  I believe we are taught that boundaries are bad from a very young age.  Perhaps it is society that blurs the line on where we end and another person begins.  What exactly do we have control over anyway?  Isn't there SOMETHING we can do to change or help in a situation?  Where does selflessness end and self preservation begin?

Or as asked by KSMilkmaid:
I am interested in hearing how others set limits with people out side of their family unit. How do you know when to give and when not to give? How do you handle the backlash when you don’t give what is asked of you? Have you ever set boundaries only to find yourself wondering if you really had any right to set them at all? How do you balance the biblical quality of self sacrifice and self-preservation or sanity?

I hope to answer these and some other questions from readers in the next few weeks as I explore what I believe to be one of the ways God asks us to guard our hearts, not to mention our families and our children's hearts. 

Do you struggle with saying NO?  Is it an evil word to you?  Do you feel as if there is always something you can or should do to help? 

Tune in with me over the next few days as we tackle the subject of bondaries!

IN HIM,
Julie