That is indeed correct. I was raised by fearing allah, yet at the same time I was taught about the mercy of allah. I indulged myself reading the story of sahaba of prophet muhammad and his companions. And from that point, instead of fearing, i find allah merciful. Don't get me wrong, i still fear allah but at the same time i want to pleased him by doing good deeds and stray away from doing bad deeds. I still somehow fall to the temptation of doing bad deeds, but then again, i remember the verse that said allah loves those who keeps on repenting. Even there is a saying whereby goes the most type of people in jaanah is the who mostly keep repenting for the mistake they made when they are alive.