Mandy's Favorites - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com Striving for biblical literacy and hope in a broken world. Fri, 24 May 2024 18:05:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/mandygunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-MG-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mandy's Favorites - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com 32 32 227822906 God’s Astounding Sovereignty in Broken Bodies and Hurting Hearts https://mandygunter.com/gods-astounding-sovereignty-in-broken-bodies-and-hurting-hearts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gods-astounding-sovereignty-in-broken-bodies-and-hurting-hearts https://mandygunter.com/gods-astounding-sovereignty-in-broken-bodies-and-hurting-hearts/#comments Mon, 20 May 2024 02:27:32 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=602 And on my knees, gently shaking CJ’s unresponsive body and between my sobs begging him to wake up, I heard my most desperate prayer groan out of my mouth, “Oh God, HELP!”

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/gods-astounding-sovereignty-in-broken-bodies-and-hurting-hearts/feed/ 10 602 Mary Magdalene- When The Claws of Fear Are Defeated with Faith https://mandygunter.com/mary-magdalene-when-the-claws-of-fear-are-defeated-with-faith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mary-magdalene-when-the-claws-of-fear-are-defeated-with-faith https://mandygunter.com/mary-magdalene-when-the-claws-of-fear-are-defeated-with-faith/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:27:49 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=529 Mary. Mary Magdalene stands outside the empty tomb. The disciples have looked in the tomb, and finding it empty, returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/mary-magdalene-when-the-claws-of-fear-are-defeated-with-faith/feed/ 4 529 Exodus https://mandygunter.com/exodus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exodus https://mandygunter.com/exodus/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:28:42 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=475 Glory and Goodness Exodus is the second book in the Bible. It picks up right where Genesis ended. Abraham’s family has indeed been created and grown. His great-grandson was sold into slavery and subsequentially rose to second in command of all Egypt. God has started to fulfil the things He...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/exodus/feed/ 4 475 Genesis https://mandygunter.com/genesis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=genesis https://mandygunter.com/genesis/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:32:20 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=463 God cuts the covenant with Abram Genesis is a fascinating book.  It is the first book of the Bible and covers the largest span of history of any of the books- almost 2,300 years.  Moses is often thought to be the author.  It opens with God’s account of creation, which...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/genesis/feed/ 2 463 Tearing off the Roof https://mandygunter.com/tearing-off-the-roof/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tearing-off-the-roof https://mandygunter.com/tearing-off-the-roof/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2024 03:01:11 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=358 Our kids spend a large portion of their days dancing and singing (read: screaming) along to music playing on YouTube. Something about watching singers on TV makes them feel like they are at, or maybe they are, a fun concert. Their favorites are some phenomenal worship songs. Lyrics that have...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/tearing-off-the-roof/feed/ 10 358 Adoption Memory – January 2014 https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memory-january-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adoption-memory-january-2014 https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memory-january-2014/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:37:18 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=108 Toes in the Water Apparently I have been slacking in keeping this blog up-to-date!  As of yesterday, our dossier is on its way to Little Man’s country!  (The dossier is the giant stack of paperwork that we have been working on over the last few months.  It includes our home...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memory-january-2014/feed/ 2 108 What is Trauma? https://mandygunter.com/what-is-trauma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-trauma Mon, 29 Jan 2024 04:32:19 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=69 Trauma. It’s the new cultural buzzword. As it gains traction in popularity, it carries with it benefits and potentially harmful outcomes. If we are going to have a discussion about trauma, we should first identify an accurate definition. In his book, The Myth of Normal, Gabor Mate M.D. says, “Trauma...

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