loyalty to covenant obligations as well as acts of mercy that are not obligatory. In God’s own steadfast covenant loyalty, he constantly is attentive and faithful to his covenant relationship. Like God, his people are also to relate to him in a spirit of steadfast covenant loyalty. When God’s people exhibit a deep love for this kind of relationship with him, its power impacts one’s commitment to deeply love those aspects of covenant life that relate to interpersonal human relationships as well. Thus,