Noah and the Mercy of God

This morning as I was reading for an assignment on Noah for a seminary class I am taking I was struck afresh by the mercy of God. Just meditating on the fact that God responded to wickedness in the lives of his people by justly pouring out his wrath by killing all except for Noah and his family. It was genocide hundreds of times over. Should that not stop us in our tracks? God has dwelt with sin and he will finally deal with it again in a similar fashion, but I was today struck with the patience of God in light of our sin. Could we ever say that we are less sinful that the people in the days of Noah? I think not. Every breath certainly is a gift.