Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
So what does it mean to love when put in the context of loving a trait, attribute, or virtue? Someone in institute said that maybe to love mercy is to be grateful for mercy so then is being grateful for a virtue all that is required to be said to "love" the virtue? I thought perhaps it is like when you love an item or an action such as loving to whistle.When you love to do something you enjoy it and you want to do it a lot. So following that train of thought if I love mercy than I want it to be put in action a lot, both on my behalf and on the behalf of others. I would say that loving mercy is not only being willing but eager to find forgivness and to extend it to others. It means to be eager to extend the hand of help to those who need it, to lift up the hands that hang down, and to strengthen feeble knees. But for that matter, what exactly is mercy? Is it forgivness or charity? But then why does it need a spereate word? Is it possible to love a virtue you do not understand completely like it is to love a person you do not completely understand? How do we learn to love mercy? How to we improve our love and understand of it or any other virtue? Any thoughts?
