Have you ever been in a situation — or met an individual — and thought to yourself, "I don’t know what it is, but something isn’t right"? More often than not, we quickly dismiss the thought and later find out that our intuition was right.
Do you know that the tongue is our most powerful friend and enemy? It shapes the way we think and feel; It determines the direction of our ministry and lives; It gives us the ability to build-up and also destroy.
We all make mistakes. – mistakes that we regret; mistakes that haunt us; and mistakes that we never seem to let go. And, forgiving ourselves can be difficult. Guilt caused David to cry out, "For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me" (Psalm 51:3).
As hard as it may be to accept, loving ourselves includes setting boundaries. It requires that we find the courage to say "no" to requests and stresses that we were never called to bear – and "yes" only to the things that God has mapped out for us.
The Bible teaches that we need to protect what God has placed within us. Like a pregnant woman waiting to deliver, it may be necessary to limit — or even eliminate — certain interactions and habits until we birth the vision God has placed within us.
