Boundaries are critical to our spiritual, emotional, and physical health. While we often talk about the importance of setting boundaries, we don’t always talk about the challenges of enforcing our boundaries. And truly, boundaries are only as good as their enforcement.
If you have lived a life with few boundaries, it is good to remember that beginning to have and enforce boundaries will feel uncomfortable. Internally, you may feel scared, uncertain, guilty, etc. Externally, you will begin to navigate the realities of your boundaries being challenged and needing to be upheld.
Here are several keys that will help you enforce your boundaries:
1. Accurately understand your value and believe that you are worth defending and standing up for
If your life experience has communicated to you that you are not worth much, I want to remind you: that couldn’t be a bigger lie. If you are worth Jesus dying on the cross for, then you are certainly worth fighting for.
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