All or nothing at all

All of us want to be in relationship with the God of love and mercy: whose arms are always open, whose heart has room for us (we are ambivalent about some other people) and who, when we are lost will come to find us.

We are not so enamoured of the God who calls us to follow Jesus.  Following Jesus can have some drastic consequences.  Like death.  And a tomb.  And a resurrection.

All things considered, we'd just like to have the God of mercy and not the God who expects anything of us.

Yet, I think, it is 'all or nothing at all.'  One half of a god is no God at all.