Boundries...

I am no good at setting boundries and sometimes I seem to lack the strength to enforce them.
It comes at no surprise that when someone else asserts boundries that I would get seriously upset.
Boundries are good. Boundries are important. How difficult is it for someone else to assert a boundry with the knowledge that the person they are setting it for? against? towards? might be very hurt and feel rejected? Not that the boundry setter is meaning to hurt them nor is it their responsibility to mandate how a person reacts. Nevertheless, I think it would be a tough place to be in.
The Lord has boundries, too. There are things He knows would hurt us if we cross those boundries. They are there to keep us safe. What is interesting about this is that there are times the Lord lets us make the choice. If we cross those boundries the consequences are severe, if not lethal.
The other side of that is that He loves us immensely. He will not stop us from making that choice. Sometimes it is the very consequences that lead us back to Him.
Boundries usually not fun to make or to come up against. I have the utmost respect for those people in my life who make boundries and keep them. It is risky business.