Repitition can be meaningful

Our children love repitition. Every night. Same thing. Same words. Same kisses. Same prayers. Same routine. If we miss something they remind us and we do it just right. Kim and I have little bedtime routines with our children. We do it every night. It makes them feel safe and secure. We lay down (or sit down). Hold hands. Hug. Talk a little about the day (if it's not too late). We say a prayer. After the prayer we take care of fans, doors, and lights. Shayna likes her fan on three. Tori likes her's on two. Amber does not sleep with a fan on. Shayna likes her light off and her bedroom door open. Tori likes her light on and her bedroom door open. Amber likes her light off and her bedroom door closed. Every night we say a little statement that ends the day followed by "I love you's". When our girls were small I used to twirl them around and toss them in the air. They would say "do it again daddy!" So I did it again and again and again until I was tired. "For grown-up people," says Guthrie, "are not strong enough to exalt in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough.... 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 of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we ." Repitition is not always vain. It can be meaningful. Traditions are not always bad. They can make us feel safe and secure.