Night time prayers with a 3 year old

Dawson is so funny. Either Jeff or I (whoever puts Dawson to bed) always say our prayers with Dawson at night. It's typically the same thing......Okay Dawson time to say prayers. Then Dawson says "I'm too tired". Then I'll say "What if God's too tired to make sure you have everything you need tomorrow". Then I hear "Now I lay me down to sleep......." LOL. Okay, I shouldn't guilt the kid into saying his prayers, but just want him to keep it all in perspective.

Then he always wants to say a second prayer. Which usually means, Jeff or I say a second prayer but lately he's been saying his own prayer (or part of it) and it's so darn cute! He always prays for the folks in LA and MS who have lost their homes in the Hurricane. I think with all of the drives, etc that we've done, this topic is just ingrained into his mind. Well the other night night I forgot to pray for the folks down south and he quickly corrected me. Then he said "Don't they have homes yet?". I said, no honey most of them don't. Which he quickly recanted with "Why is God so mean that he hasn't given them back their homes?". Yikes! Pretty deep for a three year old, don't you think? I told him that that God blessed them by sparing their lives in that awful hurricane. I've told him that God has a reason for everything that he does, but as adults we sometimes question that, so try to get that point across to a three year old!

Just so random thoughts on our night time prayers.