By Mallory Mattingly
TODAY SHOW host Savannah Guthrie clings to her faith as a beacon of hope as the search continues for her missing mother, Nancy, who was taken from her home on Jan. 31.
Guthrie told former co-host Hoda Kotb that she’s wrestled with God through the tragic situation, adding, “and I’m not done.”
“But God doesn’t tell us not to wrestle with Him. This isn’t some cheap faith, and my mom taught me that. God only requires our authentic presence, and that He has, but I never doubted,” she said.
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Guthrie learned to persevere by watching her mom endure hard times in the past.
“One of my mom’s best friend told me that she had been going through a hard time and she said to my mom, ‘How have you kept your faith all these years? Losing your husband, all the different things that my mom had been through, like, how Nancy? How do you keep your faith?’ And my mom said to her, ‘but where else would I go?'” Guthrie recalled.
“I hold that with me, but faith is how I will stay connected to my mom,” she emphasized. “God is how I’m holding hands with my mom, and I won’t let sadness win for her. I saw her grieve. I saw her world shatter. I saw it, and I saw her get up, and I saw her belief, and I saw her love, and I saw her hope, and I saw her smile, and I saw her laugh. I saw her joy. I saw her love of the world and adventure. I saw her belief. I saw her faith. She taught me. She taught all of us.”
No matter how much this uncertain situation has hurt Guthrie, she refuses to let the pain beat her.
“And I may not do it as well as her, but I will do it. I will do it for my kids. I will I will not fall apart,” she declared. “I will not let whoever did this take my children’s mother from them. I will not let them take my joy. They will not take my sister’s joy. They will not take my brother’s joy. They will not take our love. They will not take our faith, but our anguish is real. We need help. We need someone to tell the truth. I have no anger in my heart. I have hope in my heart. I have love that this family needs peace.”
Guthrie and her family have offered a reward up to $1 million for Nancy’s recovery.
Through heartbreak and uncertainty, Guthrie remains steadfast in her faith. Continue to keep her, her family and Nancy’s recovery in your prayers.
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