Pleasure in Death or Returning?

[S] Ezekiel 18:23 --
 ²³"Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?

[O] This statement from God right in the middle of His list of consequences for His people's rebellion away from Him stands out like a spotlight in a pitch dark night because it highlights God's true heart toward us which is His desire for us to return to Him despite all the wrongs we did against Him.  2 Peter 3:9 reveals the similar message about God's heart:  The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. God really wants to save us from His wrath and yet we still seem to not want to opt out of the current path of doom into His presence of love and grace.

[A] Continue to turn the corners of my life that I've not surrendered to Him specifically in the areas I've failed before.  Submit to His wonderful grace and love.

[P] Dear God, I fully submit to Your grace for my life which is full of holes where I've missed the mark again and again.  May I fall into the joy of knowing Your true heart rather than be under the bondage of thinking about how I failed You so much in order that such a joy will steer me into being more submissive to Your will.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.