Lessons on mercy from a 4 year old

This morning I noticed my 4 year old daughter, Kyla, dressed in her royal dress up attire playing intently in her play area. She was walking around from one stuffed animal to another asking for something. When she came to me, I realized she was asking for a "money donation". I asked her what the money was for, and she said it was for God-"to ask Him for a decision". We talked a little more, and the clarification I received was that she was collecting money to give to God so that he would make the world a better place. She said, with great emotion I might add, (where does she get that flair for the drama?) "Mommy, we just need some more grace and more mercy in the world!"
After a discussion about why we really tithe and how God does not respond to our money, but our hearts (How do they pick that kind of thing up at such a young age?), I stopped to think how right her little heart was. This world is in desperate need of a little-forget that-A LOT more grace and mercy. And the thing of it is, we are the ones He asks to offer it to the world. So often, I know I am the one asking for grace and mercy, but I really need to turn my thoughts from my selfish self and on to helping a world in need of just a little bit of grace and mercy.
I love Micah 6:8. It says,
"He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God."
There are very few things that God requires of us, and for some reason, I always seem to have the hardest time with showing mercy. It is so much easier to get mad at the person who cut me off on the expressway than it is to offer a little mercy to them, or it's easier to get irritated with my husband when he leaves his socks on the floor, instead of just picking them up, without griping! I am floored when I think about how much grace and mercy God shows me everyday, and how much I fall short of His example.

Lord, help me to develop Kyla's mindset and offer a little of the missing grace and mercy that this world so desperately needs.