The Gospel — According to Eli
This transformative project seeks to witness God’s unparalleled wisdom, unimaginable power, and unfathomable love while preserving the personhood that was given just to eli. This is where the twain shall meet.
The Awakening
She comes face-to-face with the truth about herself…
…as God burns off false beliefs, heals old wounds, and teaches her the way of love.
We begin on another ordinary day in a progressively meaningless, autopilot-type of life.
As night begins to fall, Elisabeth calls 911, suddenly unable to breathe. In a trance-like state, she walks out of her Portlandia home, slippers trudging through the mud puddles, in search of help. It’s strangely dark, and growing darker still, as she desperately searches for the light. An encounter with God ends with a flash-boom as she takes what feels like the first breath of her life. She reemerges as a brand new creation, proclaiming, “I want to live!” Right about then, the police arrive.
Faced with a choice to continue her same old life or to follow God into the
unknown, she chooses God, who renames her Eli. A new life unfolds, but first, a plummet into the abyss.
Eli leaves everything she’s ever known (she takes the dog!) and is sent off in a Sprinter van on a mission of God to discover what she’s forgotten after having settled into her subtle-as-sin, comfortably numb life. She comes face-to-face with the truth about herself as God burns off false beliefs, heals old wounds, and teaches her the way of love. Eli’s life is a mission revealing that love, indeed, makes all things possible. ❤
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; lean not on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He shall direct your path.
-Proverbs 3:5-6
Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu god of new beginnings kept showing up on the departure of my old life. God will always meet you where you’re at. And Lord Ganesha was something I understood well: the remover of obstacles. Thank you, God.
May 2022.
This was my last week in Portland, Oregon. I hadn’t known that I was gearing up to accept God’s invitation to follow him across the country. When you commit to do the next right thing, you do it with your whole being and trust that God has a plan. But how did God find me? That’s a good question.
All of the worldly possessions I took from my old house, much of which I gave away to the hotel staff upon leaving Portland.
Though always a casual (and distracted) Seeker, it wasn’t until I committed to a self-care practice that things began to change.
Love, it leaves an indelible mark on the landscape of tomorrow.
That is, if you let it.
This is true of God.
With meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to excellence, He creates spaces that inspire, elevate, and enrich the lives of those who inhabit them.
The key is to let Him in.
In a world where we are taught to strive and achieve, demand and produce, go go go and get more more more, the simple act of receiving has been lost along with the art of letting go. These are precisely the tools necessary to allow God to rest in His temple, which is your body.
When I learned to be still, God made Himself known. By actively allowing God access to my mind, heart, body, and soul, He transforms me into that which I was created to be.
This life is challenging, but it’s also satisfying and full of love. There is never a dull moment… with God.
In a beginning…
Let Him in. It sounds so simple. The question becomes how? Below you will find a story we wrote soon after we hit the road in 2022. It highlights stillness as the impetus that allowed God into our life. Additional information we found useful at the beginning of our (known) journey will be coming soon.
We’ll also post our initial and current practices for staying close to God. Not because we have all the answers, and that this is the only way to experience God, but this is our experience. It has morphed over time as our relationship has gotten deeper. New truths reveal themselves, and we adjust to our new reality. That’s the trick: to learn to flow.
It is our hope that this will get you thinking in a new way and perhaps turn your path towards a more loving direction, deeper into your heart. A path where you will discover that love is possible, no matter the circumstances. For love to be found, after all. Namaste.
Mission: Love Possible 