If Jesus would have set up "healthy boundaries" He wouldn't have been crucified. If the Apostles set up "healthy boundaries" they wouldn't have been martyred in bringing us the Good News. If the good Samaritan had set up "healthy boundaries" then he too could have cross to the other side of the road to avoid the man who had been left for dead, as was the practice of the Priest and Levite, both who were well versed in setting up "healthy boundaries" (Luke 10:31-32).

Jesus said you can serve two masters. You will either love one and hate the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money (Mat. 6:24). Someone might ask am I serving money? Good question. What does money represent if not security and comfort? Consider the rich man who went to Abraham's bosom, of whom it was said he "was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day." And when the Rich man asked for Lazarus to be sent to help cool his burning tongue, Abraham replied, "Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish." (Luke 16:25). Notice the flipflop. Lazarus who was miserable was now comforted, and the rich man who had all his comforts was now miserable.

Choose "healthy boundaries", or love, you can't have both. It's security and comforts, OR love. Choose what you want to win. Preservation of others always comes at a cost to self. "If you try and hang on to your life, you will lose it" Jesus said (Mat. 16:25). Grace always cost the giver. Jesus can stay on His throne, or risk it all in a manger, and the latter got Him killed. Aren't you glad He picked the latter? And He's working the same love in you, don't let preservation of self get in your way, take up your own cross and follow His leading (Mat. 16:24).

Jesus healed the Leper by touching him (Luke 5:13). He could have spoken healing as He had done before but in this case He specifically chose to heal by the touch. It was common knowledge the lepers were unclean and nobody knew that more than the lepers themselves (Lev. 13:45). Physical healing happened that day for this man, but so did heart healing. He likely hadn't felt human compassion through touch in a long time. We may not have the gift of healing, but we do have that same Spirit of compassion. Don't let the fear of leprosy veto the Spirit in you encouraging you to love. Don't let the fear of what could happen dictate how you govern your life. Ask yourself does God love this person, did Christ die for this person and consider His example as one worthy to mimic.

I think often we, in the name of healthy boundaries, though our lips say the right thing yet we've aligned our heart to the defense of Cain when God asked him where his brother was at, "I don't know; am I my brother's keeper? (Gen. 4:9)" Or that of the man with one talent given to him "here, you have what is yours". (Mat. 25:25). But this isn't a call for us to fix ourselves. I believe many Christians have the fruit of love working in them, but sacrifice it on the alter of security and comfort. This is a call to let love win.