Savannah Guthrie Says 'i Still Believe' In Heartfelt Easter Message

“TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie said "I still believe" arsenic she delivered a heartfelt Easter video connection astatine a New York religion work Sunday.

In a susceptible speech, Guthrie said candidly astir her struggle pinch her religion arsenic she wrestles pinch nan chartless surrounding her mother's disappearance.

It has been 2 months since Nancy Guthrie, 84, vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, area home, sparking a monolithic hunt and nationalist concern.

“I spot a agleam imagination of nan time erstwhile eden and Earth walk distant because they are one, connected Earth arsenic it is successful heaven," Guthrie said successful nan closing of her Easter connection for Good Shepherd New York church. "When we observe today, this is what we celebrate, and I celebrate, too. I still believe. And truthful I opportunity pinch conviction, 'Happy Easter.'”

Guthrie said astir Christians' belief successful Jesus' resurrection and really humans still person moments of "deep disappointment pinch God" and "the emotion of utter abandonment."

“Recently, though, successful my ain play of trial, I person wondered, I person questioned whether Jesus really ever knowledgeable this peculiar coiled that I feel," she said. "This grievous and uniquely sadistic wounded of not knowing, of uncertainty and disorder and answers withheld."

“In those darkest moments," she continued, "I person thought bitterly, and possibly irreverently, that I person stumbled upon a emotion that Jesus did not know."

Guthrie said it's not incorrect to "challenge our God pinch questions," and done it comes "a portal of revelation, nan imparting of truth and wisdom."

A comfortableness for believers, she said, is "that our God has felt those feelings from a position of humanity."

"Perhaps this is excessively acheronian a connection to stock connected Easter morning, but I person agelong believed that we miss retired connected afloat celebrating resurrection if we do not admit nan feelings of loss, symptom and, yes, death," she said. "It is nan acheronian that makes this morning’s ray truthful magnificent, truthful blindingly beautiful."

"So I adjacent my eyes this greeting and I consciousness nan sunshine," she said.

Guthrie said 1 time earlier she’s group to return to nan “TODAY” show.

In an question and reply pinch Hoda Kotb precocious past month, she said she believes returning to nan show is “part of my intent correct now.”

“I can’t travel backmost and effort to beryllium thing that I’m not. But I can’t not travel backmost because it’s my family,” Guthrie said astir returning to work. “I don’t cognize if I tin do it. I don’t cognize if I’ll beryllium anymore, but I would for illustration to try. I would for illustration to try.”

Meanwhile, nan investigation to find her mother continues.

Nancy Guthrie was reported missing Feb. 1 aft she didn’t show up astatine a friend’s location for virtual religion services, authorities said. She was past seen nan erstwhile nighttime astir 9:45 p.m. aft having had meal astatine her girl Annie Guthrie’s home.

Authorities person described nan lawsuit arsenic a imaginable kidnapping aliases abduction. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office hasn’t publically specified a motive.