198. Unexpected Grief (with Dawn Mann Sanders)

God Hears Her Podcast

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Society & Culture, Bible, Womensministry, Womensbiblestudy, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Female

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Guest Bio: Dawn Mann Sanders (MDiv, Bethel Seminary) is an associate minister at First Baptist Church of Glenarden (FBCG), where she serves as the director of the sermon-based life groups ministry. Her passion is expository teaching and sharing the wonderful insights God has shown her in His Word. She does this through writing weekly discussion guides for life groups as well as teaching several in-depth Bible studies. Dawn has written and taught extensively on overcoming adversity and creating a new life, both at FBCG and on her personal blog.

Show Summary: When was the last time you faced loss? We will all, unfortunately, be touched by grief at some point in our lives, and we learn that it is often an ebb and flow—grief is not linear no matter how much healing you’ve done. After several miscarriages and then the sudden and unexpectant loss of her husband, Dawn Mann Sanders got to know grief well. In her suffering, Dawn experienced intense anger towards God as she wondered, What now, Lord? Join hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins as they hear Dawn’s journey of finding herself secure in God’s care after facing so much grief.

Notes and Quotes:

“God, how do I know that I’m Christian when I am this angry? And He told me, ‘You know I’m going to heal you.’ ” —Dawn Mann Sanders

“Its okay to be angry at God and with God. It’s okay. God can handle it—look at Job! God can handle our anger. He can handle our pride.” —Dawn Mann Sanders

“I couldn’t pray for myself, but I could pray for other people, and that helped me stay connected to God.” —Dawn Mann Sanders

Verses Mentioned in the Episode:

Genesis 1:1-8 – God separating light and dark, water and sky

James 2:19

Psalm 18:11

The book of Job

Related Episodes:

GHH Ep 20 – Dealing with Loss with Eryn and Elisa: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/dealing-with-loss/
GHH Ep 96 – Growing Through Grief wit Karen Booker Schelhaas: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/growing-through-grief/
GHH Ep 139 – Moving Through Grief with Chriscynethia Floyd: https://godhearsher.org/podcast/moving-through-grief/

Links:

Dawn Mann Sanders Website: https://dawnmannsanders.com/
Dawn’s Book When Your World Ends: https://a.co/d/iOQL72p
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Transcript

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0:00.0	But then when I went to bed to have that cry, I was so exhausted. I said, you know what, I don't even have the energy right now, God. I tried to go to sleep, had a fitful night, woke up the next morning going, okay, I'm ready to box, you know, with God, right? And only two words came out. What now? You know, it's like my faith had weathered all of those
0:22.4	miscarriages, like you said. And not that I don't believe, I know you can heal me. I don't
0:28.2	know who I'm going to be on the other side of that healing. You're listening to God hearsars Her, a podcast for women where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you.
0:45.3	Join our community of encouraging one another and learning to lean on God through scripture, story, and conversation at Godhe hearsher.org.
0:55.1	God hears her.
0:57.1	Seek and she will find.
1:00.1	Today, we are talking to a woman who has faced a lot of heartache.
1:04.5	Don Mann-Sanders is the author of When Your World Ends
1:07.8	and the founder of a ministry focused on people rehabilitating after facing a
1:12.4	devastating loss. Let's hear her testimony. Erin, I know you have had moments in life where the
1:21.4	unexpected has occurred. Yeah, a few memories come to mind. Yeah. And I sure have too, and I'm,
1:27.4	I'm positive.
1:28.4	Everyone listening has.
1:30.2	And, you know, most of the time, the unexpected is not a happy thing.
1:34.9	Most of the time it's like, like, you know.
1:38.0	Occasionally, a surprise is nice.
1:41.2	But one of the things we really love to do on Godherst, is dive into the nitty-gritty,
1:47.1	you know, into the real deal, into the stuff that might be hard to talk about, but we feel like,
1:52.9	you and me and Viv, we feel like if we can go there in our conversations, then we really
1:58.8	empower everybody listening to go there.
2:03.1	Yeah. Yeah. That's true. So we're going to have a conversation with a really cool woman
2:08.0	that I've not met, but I've known her a little bit before. She's had a lot of unexpected.
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