“Take a baby step and make it the biggest step you can take,” our retreat leader Tony said as twelve of us listened. “God wants what’s best for us. He wants us to be happy. So, the Creator invites us to go deeper in our relationship with him so we can experience more inner peace, purpose, and divine guidance. Our job is to discover where and how God is leading us and then say yes to the invitation—even if it feels scary or uncertain.”

Tony’s words, “Take a baby step and make it the biggest step you can take,” echoed in my heart.

Tony said that each baby step we take moves us forward in our lives. It increases our ability to take more risks and stretch ourselves so we can learn and grow. If we don’t keep taking baby steps, we stagnate and lose hope. Our lives wither like dry, brittle bones.

Baby Steps Become Leaps of Faith

After the retreat, Tony’s invitation to take baby steps led me to begin a daily meditation practice. This practice opened my heart to listen and to take even more risks as I heard God’s silent whispers while sipping coffee with the Creator during morning quiet time.

Over time, I heard the call to leave my full-time practice as an attorney and use my gifts of writing and teaching to walk alongside others on their spiritual journey. I pursued the course work I needed to become a certified spiritual director and obtained a masters in pastoral counseling.

The biggest baby step I’ve taken recently is to launch a 7-week online course that starts March 28. It’s called Living in “Divine Flow”—Reclaim Inner Peace and Balance So You Can Live Your Best Life.

This course is my leap of faith to teach others what I’ve learned over the past thirty years, both in my personal life and as a spiritual director/pastoral counselor. Perhaps taking the course is a life-giving baby step for you. If you haven’t already registered, you can learn more about it and enroll by clicking on the button below:

Spiritual Practice

This week, I invite you to hold Tony’s words in your heart: “Take a baby step and make it the biggest baby step you can take.”

As you ponder those words, consider asking yourself, “What’s the next step I can take to continue growing into the fullness of who I am?”

Also consider another saying of Tony’s: “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”