Boundaries for your body

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Selfcare”

Our Bible verse for today: “Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is true worship.” Romans 12:1 (CSB)

Our thought for today: “Boundaries for your body”

In previous devotionals in this series, we have considered the importance of establishing good boundaries to help facilitate good selfcare. Those discussions pertained primarily to boundaries designed to help us mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. But we also need good boundaries for physical selfcare.

For instance, we need to establish boundaries regarding the situations we will allow our physical body to be exposed to. Adventure is fun, but participating in high-speed and high-risk sports without appropriate safety precautions is foolish. Riding a motorcycle without a helmet or rock climbing without a safety harness are examples of risks that are unnecessary and which should not be taken. Doing so is crossing a boundary of common sense.

Staying in a home with a difficult and argumentative spouse and trying to work through the problems is Biblical. But a violent and physically abusive spouse has crossed a boundary that should not be crossed. Such action is unacceptable and drastic action must be taken to stop it.

There are other physical boundaries we must set for ourselves for the sake of good selfcare. Do you get enough sleep each night or do you have the habit of staying up too late and then going through your days sleep-deprived? If so, then you need a better boundary regarding bedtime. If you are someone who chooses to use alcohol as a beverage, what are your boundaries? How many beers or glasses of wine do you allow yourself and do you make excuses for crossing that line? One cold beer with your cheeseburger might be within the realm of acceptable conduct for you, but how about three, or four, or six? Have you set and do you keep an appropriate boundary?

Good nutrition is another boundary that we must have the discipline to set and observe. One donut for breakfast, on occasions, is probably okay, but four in one sitting is gluttony.

There is more that needs to be said regarding physical boundaries which will help to facilitate good selfcare. So, we will come back to this discussion in the days to come. But for now, what are your boundaries and do you respect them?

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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