Anyone with small children has experienced the never-ending pleas for "again! again!" when you do something they like or something amuses them or they find pleasure in something. As parents, we're usually good for a couple of "agains" and then we try to distract them or move them on to the next "again." Well, I read something today that was so profound I immediately found Kyle to read it to him. It convicted, challenged and inspired me, and I hope it does the same for you:

This is a quote by G.K. Chesterton as quoted in John Ortberg's book, The Life You've Always Wanted -

"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again!" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again!" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite for infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."

WOW! No wonder Jesus said, "Let the little children come unto me." He GOT them...He understood their endless vitality, their boundless energy, their passion for life, and WE in our haste to "grow up" shed it like an old skin that we can't wait to get rid of. For shame! Why are we in such a hurry to lose the fierce and free spirit? Who cares what fools we appear to those other poor drudges who've forgotten their love, their NEED for life abundant - for joy and exuberance and fun. May God grant to me an endless capacity to appreciate the joy in life, over and over again. May I never tire of saying that same thing to my Creator and the ultimate giver of joy - Again! Again! Do it Again! May I exult in monotony as my God does!