Step it up

The challenge for this Easter season is to step it up for God. But what does that mean? How do we step up? How do we change what we are doing and do it better than before?
God is not expecting giant steps. He wants to see something, some change, some deviation from our old ways.
Roman Catholics believe that when they sin they must go to confession but one should only confess for a sin that you never plan to do again. To see a change, to work towards not making that mistake again.
Big ideas change the world but so do small ideas. We often get overwhelmed with the big ideas that we aren't able to do anything. We freeze, not able to move forward, not able to change so we stay in the same pattern. Doing the same things and no change happens. But God doesn't expect the big steps, at least not right away. You start with something small, a small idea, a small change and if you continue to take one small step at a time you soon have traveled a distance and that small idea has turned into something big.
Watching Emerson develop and grow has been a great example of this for me. He didn't learn to just walk. First he rolled everywhere,  then he scooted, crawled, stood up and slowly walked around the furniture.  It took him a long time to gain the confidence to walk on his own but now he is a walking fool. He is walking farther everyday and with more confidence.  We are that infant, I mean literally and figuratively. In our Christian journey we must learn how to roll, scoot, crawl and then walk. Each move gets us closer to our goal of living the ultimate Christian life but we must first be brave enough to make the move.
How are you going to step up for God? I would love to hear your thoughts.
Until next time,
~Michelle