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J-R in Our Hearts and All Around Us at Living In Grace 2014

My first Living In Grace was in 2010. I was new on staff, new to MSIA and new to who John-Roger is. I was overflowing with joy, gratitude and a great reverence for what the Spirit has prepared in each of us. I remember being so excited that I just walked around in circles pacing the room because I had so much energy running through me. Jsu, being the brilliant Light that he is, called me over and introduced me to J-R. I was meeting him for the first time. J-R was sitting behind a table and he looked at me for a long breath and then put his hand out. I touched his hand and immediately felt my heart beating in a way that included the entire universe. He smiled and let my hand go. I walked away open in awe of what my mind scrambled to understand.

It was the last year J-R took sharing and of course I raised my hand. He called on me. I walked up to the microphone with a blank mind. I had no questions that I was conscious of. I remember Nat fiddling with the stool underneath J-R’s feet until J-R waved him off the stage, letting him know he was perfectly fine. He then looked up at me and said” “What was your question sweetheart?” Not only did his hands have a gigantic heart beating inside, but his voice had that same tone vibrating inside of me. If the heart could speak it would sound like his voice. I did manage to come up with a question and he softly answered me and moved on by saying “next”. I stayed up there in that suspended space as long as I could before it was time to sit down.

This year was our first Living In Grace without a physical body we call John-Roger. This was the first year we took off the training wheels and got the opportunity to practice being the divine presence that J-R so generously shares through his presence, seminars, books, pictures, touching to others, communicating living love, etc., for more than 50 years.

When I heard of J-R’s passing, I knew he would greet us in the Spirit at Living In Grace. I knew he would be there in spades encouraging us to take the next step. I felt this deep inner space expanding as I prepared for the training. There was a gift for us in this galactic space we meet in each year to fellowship. He did show up. He showed up in each of the eyes I gazed into for long moments. He showed up in the hands I held. He showed up in the tears that many of us shared. He showed up one morning in this beautiful rainbow that stretched across the ocean. He showed up in the silence that penetrated the space in between speaking. He showed up to applaud the incredible folks that contributed during entertainment. He showed up in the night sky as I peered up at all the stars winking. He showed up in my heart so majestically that I could feel him as close to me as my breathing.

I knew John-Roger for a short time, but like the disciples that witnessed Jesus walking on water, it only took one moment where he gazed into my heart and reminded me of where God lives in me too. I am so grateful for the seeds sown by J-R and left for us to grow on fertile ground. He prepared a place for each of us to make this planet better than we found it.

This year I challenged myself to serve at an even greater level and to step beyond my comfort zone. I sat at tables with new people so I could see who J-R’s family is, who my family is, who we are. I made a conscious effort to be present with those that I came in contact with and love them. I said, “I love you” at least 100 times. I checked in often to ask J-R what he would do, what he would say. I became so connected with the essence of J-R that I forgot he was not physically present because I kept seeing him in all my new friends, my old friends, my lovers through the ages.

5 thoughts on “J-R in Our Hearts and All Around Us at Living In Grace 2014”

  1. Elke H. Bijlani

    Thank You for taking me with you on that inspiring and uplifting journey to and in Living in Grace, Sherie. I was with you all the way in Spirit, Magical, thank you

  2. Patience Iwuoha

    I feel the presence of our beloved Traveler JR, everyday in my heart and in his teachings always. Thanks Dear JM, and Taylor Young for being there for us. I love you.

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