A Wretch Like Me... Amazing Grace

By Dr. Larry Dwayne Ponder

This book is a personal testimony of God's grace by the author, a gay man that chooses to be a Christian.

Dr. Ponder uses the familiar hymn Amazing Grace, to engage the reader in a conversation of God's Grace. Although the word "wretch" is retained in the title, from the original lyrics, Dr. Ponder relates his difficulty using words like wretch and unworthy when expressing his experience with God's love and grace.

As you read this book you will explore the lyrics of the hymn Amazing Grace focused on God's grace, grace received, and grace given.

While it is true that we can do nothing to prove ourselves worthy of God's love and grace, God loves us enough to offer us love and grace, demonstrating that God finds us worthy of love and worthwhile of the grace God bestows.

Dr. Ponder writes, "When I am in a church and we are singing Amazing Grace, I do not sing '...that saved a wretch like me.' I sing, '...that saves someone like me.' Although I did nothing to earn God's grace, the very fact that God offered it to me, proves to me that God found me worthwhile and worthy. I may often be a hot mess, but I am not a wretch."

"Jesus God] loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C9SNDTGB
• ISBN13: 9798851582110
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"