Just stop and think about that for a moment. Why should the two be mutually exclusive in any way?
Add to the picture the fact that He is a God of Righteousness and you will perhaps better understand.
Broker into the equation that God is the Mercy which he grants to us poor sinners and consider the means by which that was achieved.
Having problems still - look to the cross itself where God The Son DIED for us all!
Let us take a wholly different tack. Let us say that God is NOT Love, as you contend.That is merely your perception and that does not make Him disappear. He is still there - loving someone who has failed to grasp His very nature.
God is. You do not care for the way He does things? - Well put yourself into submission to a God who is 'mean and nasty', then. Coz, if He is powerful and vindictive - wouldn't you be well advised to stay on the right side of Him?
Try that - and it is just feasible that you may experience His Mercy anyway. Not the best route by any means but if once, just once, you encounter God's Love directly - all your silly doubts will evaporate,
Keep God as an intellectual exercise and you are in big trouble. Follow that path but be wholly open and prepared to repent and accept Him into your life and you will encounter Him.
Seek and you WILL find. No half measures - all in!
