"God is always doing something, mostly what God does is love you"
About this Quote
As a journalist, Guthrie’s public persona is calibrated for trust and calm under pressure. The intent feels pastoral but also pragmatic: offer a frame that can survive uncertainty without requiring a detailed theological argument. It’s not “everything happens for a reason”, the phrase that often lands like moral bookkeeping. It’s closer to: even if you can’t read the plot, you can still know the posture.
The subtext is modern and therapeutic: God as an active agent, but not a micromanager; divine action expressed less through outcomes than through relationship. It’s faith translated into emotional literacy - an attempt to protect belief from the constant demand to explain events. In a culture trained to measure meaning by productivity, Guthrie swaps “doing” for “loving”, turning the most loaded verb in the sentence into the least transactional one.
Quote Details
| Topic | God |
|---|---|
| Source | Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere (2024), Savannah Guthrie |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Guthrie, Savannah. (2026, February 11). God is always doing something, mostly what God does is love you. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/god-is-always-doing-something-mostly-what-god-185263/
Chicago Style
Guthrie, Savannah. "God is always doing something, mostly what God does is love you." FixQuotes. February 11, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/god-is-always-doing-something-mostly-what-god-185263/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"God is always doing something, mostly what God does is love you." FixQuotes, 11 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/god-is-always-doing-something-mostly-what-god-185263/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.






