Setting Boundaries

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. - Matthew 5:44

Jesus sets a clear mandate to love difficult people. But how do you do that? In part, you do it by setting boundaries

Our friend Vickie Wagner from Soul Restoration Project laid out how boundaries can be helpful. Here are some of the things she share with us. In particular she share this: Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously (Prentis Hemphill).

Who are the people in your life that are hard to love? Take some time to think about the appropriate distance between you and them. Can you set that boundary while still loving yourself? Is there space to still love them?

Spend some time now praying for one or two of the people in your life who are difficult to love.