Mercy is God withholding judgment we deserve. Grace is His giving us blessings we don’t deserve.

If God gave us all we deserved, we would be condemned for eternity. See Cain, Moses, David, Jonah, Saul, the adulteress woman, the prodigal son.

Gratitude is a human emotion that falls woefully short of God’s gifts of mercy and grace. But it’s a start.