**The problem with far too much of Christian contemporary music is that it puts the seeker ahead of the Savior. **
You said it better than I did.
Exactly what Amazing Grace is about — the seeker.
Amazing Grace is about God, seen through the eyes of a slave trader, and praises God for His saving power. I don’t have the problem with it that you and some Catholics do.
Actually, Psalm 23 reads in a similar fashion, and I don’t know if anyone has a problem with that.
Where I have issues are with songs like “Draw Me Close” or “In the Secret”. They aren’t reverent, I call them Prom Date” songs and they have no place in a host of worship.
Of course, if you read Revelation 5 literally, worship in Heaven is not sung but spoken, so this may all be a moot point anyway :)
Bless your day.