Love mercy?

Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. Micah 6:8

Mercy

Was just wondering... why did the Lord not say BE merciful, but LOVE mercy?

I guess it was because we can choose to show mercy without actually being merciful. But the bar is set high. We've a saviour who loves to be merciful, loves mercy itself.

Grace = getting something you do not deserve
Mercy = not getting something you deserve

Mercy requires an acknowledgement of our wrong, because it is something we deserve.

Humility

Have I grown too spiritually 'mature' for those I serve? Exasperation at some of the things that younger brothers and sisters do?

One minute Jesus was discussing theology with the teachers of the law, the next he was calling the little children to him.