Biting, Prayers and my need for the Gospel

My 4 year old son bite my wife today when she was seeking to train him to be quick to listen and quick to obey.

Yikes!

(Thankfully this is not a common occurrence but it is an opportunity that I get to learn to love my wife and shepherd my family).

 I love Ezra with my life and would die for him, but when he bites my wife, my emotions are not exactly spilling over with joy and happiness. Just being honest.

"Father, help me love my son and point Him to You. He, like myself, needs the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ to change. Keep me from thinking that behavior modification is sufficient to save him.  Empower me to die to self, and live unto You. Enable me to love others with the strength You provide."

O how I have trampled on the goodness of God in my own life. When I sin, I spit in God's face saying that I don't trust Him or believe Him that his promises are right, true, and good. Christ came, was crucified, and rose from the dead so my sin would be nailed to the cross and that I would live in newness of life, born again to a life lived for His glory.

"Grant unto me O Lord a zeal for Your glory. May knowing You Christ be more dear to me than vast treasure, worldly renown, or earthly success. May I die to self, and live unto you. May my life bear fruit that abides to eternity. I plead that you would cause Ezra to be born again and that His complete and utter passion in life would be know and proclaim Jesus Christ and Him crucified. May his daddy be a living example of this."