Christians need to get better at saying 'no' - and it's not selfish

Writer Natalie Baird-Clarke explains that, even though Christians are terrible at saying "no", we need to learn to care for ourselves.

According to Wikipedia’s top 100 most commonly used words in the English language, the word “no” comes in at number 56.  I’d say that makes it pretty common. That’s why it’s interesting to note that, for a lot of Christians, the word is a difficult one to say.

It wasn’t always this way of course. Toddlers, infamously, have no problems with saying no. In fact, they may say it over and over again, as they delight in realising that they are their own little person with their own thoughts and feelings! Checking boundaries allows them to start to navigate the world around them.  And importantly, it helps them learn how to set their own boundaries for when they’re older.