B, b, boundaries!!
I am currently reading this book called, boundaries, and it is currently rocking my socks off!! God has been teaching me so much through it!! 🙂
This book is really good about speaking truth on what boundaries are, how people define them, and how we might have failed on boundaries. It also speaks on things that really relate to me– dysfunctional families and the “boundaries” they have, or lack there of.
I grew up in a dysfunctional family where codependency is a real thing- it’s something that I still step into, but not on purpose. This book has been really good about spelling out how people’s tendencies slip away from them and how they fall into the trap of guilt, shame, or the fear of losing love, intimacy, or friendship when they stick to their boundaries- it has been super helpful to identify where I am at personally, along with how I’ve grown up. It’s really cool, and I’m excited for the Lord to use that and really help me define healthier boundaries personally and within my family as well.
That’s kind of been the season I’ve walked into this month- taking a look at the past and being healed and freed from it- it a more holistic way, by really allowing the sonship God has given us to define who I am in His family and not by how my friends or family define it for me.
It’s been really cool, along with painful. There are things I’ve never recognized about myself that have been learned habits, and now I am trying to mend those things and start afresh with a Christ centered mentality. Not easy, but the end result will be beautiful and I’m excited for that. 🙂
