Mostly What God Does Quotes

“Blank space. Quiet. Nothingness. This is where God has the greatest opportunity to do his thing.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Going through deep crises, profound adversity—those are the make-or-break moments for faith; they can be existential threats to your belief, or they can be extraordinary teachers. Sometimes they are both, and not always at the same time.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Imagine it—God loving you. Seeing you, appreciating you, delighting in you. Knowing you, having compassion on you, healing you, forgiving you. See it, appreciate it, grasp it, hold on to it. Inhale deeply of his goodwill and attune yourself to evidence of his love. Look for it everywhere.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“I once heard a pastor say God is like a radio station that is always on, always transmitting. Whether we tune in is up to us.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“In a way, a bonus commandment was hidden within the two that Jesus mentioned. Love the Lord God. Love your neighbor. And love yourself.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Worry is the warning light that God has been shoved to the sideline.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“When we count our blessings and remember what we are thankful for and what is good in our lives, we are the beneficiaries. It lifts our spirits and fills us with joy.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“How does anyone who suffers unfairly feel that mostly what God does is love them? When they feel that love from us. For those suffering, God might be too difficult to believe in, too far removed, too esoteric a concept to be felt. Who can blame them? But love, care, and touch from a fellow human being right alongside them should not be.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every inner thought. We don't have to explain anything.”
― Savannah Guthrie , Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“It is a choice every day to remain in God’s love, actively believing it, looking for it everywhere, choosing to interpret circumstances in that light. It amounts to giving God the benefit of the doubt, attributing good intentions to him. Even in times of hardship, asking yourself, How is God loving me in this moment?”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Why does God allow suffering? Why would a loving God allow evil in the world to persist? Why does injustice go unchecked, millennia after millennia? Why doesn’t God swoop down and put an end to it, once and for all? I have wondered these things aloud to God. Sometimes this is what I hear back. It is not over yet. Evil will not prevail. I did swoop down. I broke off a piece of myself and came into the world to change everything. I am doing it. You want me to crush evil in one decisive blow, but that would crush humanity itself. The world you know would end. I am on a different path, a redemption mission. Demonstration instead of destruction. Showing, not forcing. Love, not violence. This takes time. I’m not done yet. It would not be hard to find the flaws in reasoning or leaps in logic, but for the moment, this makes sense to me. Or at least, it brings me some peace. I am willing to believe.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Spirit of the Sovereign LORD . . . has sent me . . . to comfort all who mourn . . . to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes . . . a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. Isaiah 61:1–3 A garment of praise. What a treasure buried in a long, famous passage from Isaiah.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“doubt is not a lack of faith. It is not the opposite of faith. It is an aspect of faith—a feature, not a bug, as the computer nerds like to say. Doubt is just faith being worked out, like a muscle. Put in the effort, do the reps, and ask the questions—it’s spiritual strength you’re building.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“God himself is taking care of me; my every need is met. He causes me to relax, rest, give up control, and feel his comfort, like cool grass, envelop me. Where he takes me, peace can be found; he shows me tranquility and calm. He gives back to me all that the world has taken;”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every inner thought. We don't have to explain anything.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Our God is a people person.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Preach the gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.2”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Faith is believing God will take you where you’re meant to go, one way or the other.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“May we all simply exude the sweet aroma that is a telltale sign of time spent with God: goodness, kindness, and love.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Doubt is just faith being worked out, like a muscle.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” Malachi 3:10”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“They call it a “leap of faith” for a reason. We must go outside what is safe, known, and provable to step into the divine.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Your faith has healed you,” Jesus said. Faith first, then sight.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the LORD. Psalm 112:”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, said, “Worry is the warning light that God has been shoved to the sideline.”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3”
― Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere