Ep. 163: The Dangers of Inconsistent Boundaries

<p class="p1">SHOW NOTES:</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">In Podcast Episode 163, “The Dangers of Inconsistent Boundaries,” Kim discusses the challenges for all who need to interact with someone with inconsistent boundaries. This also presents challenges for the one with inconsistent boundaries, compromising any chances of intimate relationships.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">The primary scripture text for this episode is 2 Samuel 4:1-12 with 9-12 as the focal verses.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">9 But David said to Recab and Baanah, “The Lord, who saves me from all my enemies, is my witness. 10 Someone once told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ thinking he was bringing me good news. But I seized him and killed him at Ziklag. That’s the reward I gave him for his news! 11 How much more should I reward evil men who have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed? Shouldn’t I hold you responsible for his blood and rid the earth of you?”</p> <p class="p1">12 So David ordered his young men to kill them, and they did. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies beside the pool in Hebron. Then they took Ishbosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">ADDITIONAL VERSES, etc.:</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">13 Then David said to the young man who had brought the news, “Where are you from?”</p> <p class="p1">And he replied, “I am a foreigner, an Amalekite, who lives in your land.”</p> <p class="p1">14 “Why were you not afraid to kill the Lord’s anointed one?” David asked.</p> <p class="p1">15 Then David said to one of his men, “Kill him!” So the man thrust his sword into the Amalekite and killed him. 16 “You have condemned yourself,” David said, “for you yourself confessed that you killed the Lord’s anointed one.” (2 Samuel 1:13-16)</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1">39 And even though I am the anointed king, these two sons of Zeruiah—Joab and Abishai—are too strong for me to control. So may the Lord repay these evil men for th