Tag: boundaries

Holy Love Message – 10/30/2018

Once again, I (Maureen) see a Great Flame that I have come to know as the Heart of God the Father. He says: “Children, the Treasury of Grace which is Love and Mercy itself, awaits you in My Heart. You do not have to walk hundreds of miles to reach it. All you need do is will it and all I have is yours. My Love and My Mercy assist you in accepting all that the present moment offers you." 

"I do not come to you with false promises of a better life if you unlawfully trespass boundaries into another country. Every nation has its identity in its borders. These boundaries must be respected. I do not encourage you to break the law. It is evil that lures you away from the reality of the Truth. The Truth is, legal borders do not waver or change to accommodate masses of misled people. The better life you seek is union with My Will." 

Note: Thousands of Central American migrants are walking through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US. 

Read Ephesians 5:15-17+ 

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Will of the Lord is. 

+ Scripture verses asked to be read by God the Father. (Please note: all Scripture given by Heaven refers to the Bible used by the visionary. Ignatius Press – Holy Bible – Revised Standard Version – Second Catholic Edition.) 

http://www.holylove.org/messages_printer.php?msg_id=10717

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So I know people these days love to make fun of more conservative-minded people who set down sexual boundaries that feel or look extreme – the biggest example I can think of being Mike Pence’s refusal to eat lunch alone with another woman because he is married and doesn’t wish to be alone with women because of it.

People IMMEDIATELY jumped to the conclusion of “Oh he must be holding back his evil rape urges or something, because no normal person would do that!”

But like…

I remember, back when I was Baptist and very active in my youth group, our youth group leader invited us over to her home to hang out for some fun and faith sharing. Originally we were going to spend the night, but when her teen son came home from a cancelled event, she decided that it wouldn’t be appropriate to have us spend the night when he would be there too. He would be in his own room, minding his own business, and we would have all shared the spare room together as girls: you wouldn’t think it would lead to any funny business, right?

That’s the thing though: setting down a boundary isn’t about toeing the line as close as you can, it’s making a clear explanation of what is clearly safe/appropriate behavior, before it starts to become questionable. Instead of wading through a grey area of uncertainty, stressing about whether something funny might happen, a person can step back away from that and not worry about it at all. Better safe than sorry, so to speak.

This smart thinking prevents scandal (no one can say you were assaulting or doing funny business with someone if it is known you never are alone with the opposite sex or minors, for example), and it also – yes – helps cut down on actual assault, since a lot of assaults happen with someone you know who tries to lower your boundaries to begin with. It helps people learn respect and boundaries that can be used in other situations, and protects more vulnerable people from being manipulated.

There is so much grey area concerning consent in this hook up culture that people live in, and having black and white rules for boundaries can help cut back on regretful sexual encounters, inappropriate affairs, and in some cases, even sexual assault. It doesn’t matter if your beliefs about sex are more conservative or more liberal, people need and deserve those kind of boundaries and it needs to be normalized to protect their health and well-being.