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Proverbs!
Whoever wanders off the straight and narrow ends up in a congregation of ghosts.
Proverbs 21:16 MSG
This proverb felt so random that it has to be about creating a picture in our minds of our choices, and the paths those choices take us, and the destinations, the places that they lead to.
Apparently our full cognitive brain that can help us weigh up consequences doesn't fully develop until our mid 20's, but even though I'm well past that, I don't always choose well.
Setting boundaries is a good start, especially when I can't trust my own choices, whether that's a budget, an accountability person, deciding before I am asked that is not a good or safe person for me to be with or to go to, having a way of escape.
Those boundaries should reflect who we are and who we want to be. 
As a Christian my first call is to love God (Matt 22:37) to imitate him (Eph 5;1) to walk in a way that reflects that (Eph 4:1).
Who do I want to be?
We get to decide that in the quiet, when there is no pressure, so that when choices are in front of us the boundaries we have chosen will help us to live out our faith in a way that shows we are followers of Jesus.
Kia Kaha.
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