Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

by Lysa TerKeurst

Good boundaries help us preserve the love within us even when some relationships become unsustainable and we must accept the reality of a goodbye.

We can’t enable bad behavior and call it love.

When we allow a boundary to be violated, bad behavior will be validated.

Boundaries define and protect freedom.

Access requires responsibility.

Broken boundaries bring consequences.

Consequences should be for protection not harm.

Jesus laid down His life for sinners. But it wasn’t so they could keep sinning.

When set appropriately and kept consistently, boundaries really do serve to help keep us safe and our relationships healthy.