01.29.09
26 …
With the world in the state it is right now, more than in any other generation people are seeking something bigger. We are doing some soul searching discovering that written right on our hearts is a language that we may not completely understand yet but it is undeniable there. “What is it?” we ponder. A yearning for something … something we can’t quite describe but are certain it is the one thing that has been missing all these years. The one thing that will bring complete peace to our very souls – a language we so desperately want to learn, but how?
We have the feeling like when we were a young child and just learning the alphabet – A, B, C, D, E, … we couldn’t imagine ourselves being any happier than we were the first time we could proudly recite our ABCs – all without missing a single letter! Remember that? Everywhere we would go our parents would proudly say, “He/she learned his/her ABCs. Go ahead honey sing them.” How exciting! We were so happy but our parents, well – they were REALLY happy! Then we are taught that the letters formed together make words. “Wow, is this great!” We think as we learn to read “mom”, “dad” and “ball”. We can’t imagine it getting any better than this! Then we are taught that the words, when combined properly, form sentences. “Sentences? No way – it gets better?” we think as we smile at our accomplishments of being able to read an entire sentence! As we practice reading a single sentence and master that skill, we move up to the next reading level – paragraphs! “Oh my, this is awesome!” we think as we proudly show others we can read a whole paragraph! Next after we master paragraphs we are able to read a book a REAL book – page after page of paragraphs all formed together to make a beautiful story. “This is incredible!” we think as we look back at how much we have learned. Our parents are ecstatic at how well we have learned the language because they know that it is the very key to opening up a whole new meaning to the world. Wow to think that all of this started by learning 26 letters. Who would think that 26 letters are the basis of all communication in a given language … I mean, 26 letters to form thousands of words? hundreds of thousands of words?
Imagine how tragic it would be if we stopped at the alphabet but yet spiritually don’t many of us do exactly that? We know there is “something bigger”. We know there is a hole in our heart that nothing in the world has been able to fill but we shrug our shoulders and leave it at that – well, often until something tragic happens in our life. Then we seek with a desire that is far more torrid than anything we have experienced. At that time, we yearn to learn words, then sentences, then paragraphs and finally the book – the BIG book.
Some pick up the BIG book when they have just learned the letters so they cannot understand why it doesn’t make sense. Then others who have just learned to read a sentence may get a small idea of what it says. And yet others who are reading paragraphs might see bigger parts of it but not the big picture. What’s missing? What do we need to understand what is written in this BIG book? It’s very simple that is an open mind and heart to that “something bigger”. He has already written the words right on our hearts and minds.
“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 31:33-34
That verse tells us a lot and actually is the beginning of understanding the only language that could satisfy our soul. When the majority of the world’s population admits to believing in “something bigger”, what are the chances that billions and billions of people acknowledge that feeling – the SAME feeling, the SAME yearning? Yet there is so much controversy, so much division! Read the beginning of the third sentence of that verse again, “No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, Know the Lord …” Isn’t this the very reason why people are turning away from this “something bigger” concept? Aren’t we letting the “in your face”, “Bible thumping” approach build walls between us when the two most important commandments are to Love God and Love each other?
God put something pretty big on my heart this evening and I want to share it with all of you. It is the significance of 26. Our language, English, which happens to be the biggest language out of all of the languages was created from 26 letters. He led me to research what the number 26 represents biblically. Could it possibly be linked to that secret language written on each of our hearts? The language that crosses all denominations? Nahh, could it be? Well I sat in awe and tears in my eyes as the results painted on my page. Are you ready for this???
The number 26 represents the personal name of God.
Here is a passage taken from www.biblewheel.com:
“The Holy Name (YHVH) is integrated with Elohim (God, 86) and Ho Pater (The Father) in the Unity Holograph. It is the personal Name of God that carries the connotation of he who is. It is based on the verb hayah – meaning to be. It is closely related to God’s memorial name I AM THAT I AM (543).”
Yes, there is only ONE God. We all may call Him different names but there is only ONE. We so quickly lose sight of our one God, the same God who wants us to LOVE Him and others. So Love and Unity – aren’t these the very answers? To take it a step further, I researched the meaning of Unity Holograph and the bottom line is this – 26 comes from:
The Lord (26) = 2 x 13 (Love + Unity)
For years – actually thousands of years, have we not been looking past the importance of Love and Unity by focusing on the laws FIRST? Making our personal religion a God (more important than all else)? Could it be that the very thing that is written on our hearts has been ignored because we stopped at learning the alphabet? When God is encouraging us to OPEN our hearts and minds to loving Him and others so that He can teach us the language? A language that is the biggest of ANY language? A language that only HE could give us by writing it directly on each of our hearts and minds and then confirming it in one BIG book?
I know it is a lot to think about but I encourage you to open your hearts and minds. Pray about it and ask God to teach you the language that only HE can teach. For He has already written it on our hearts/minds and has given us one BIG book to confirm it – all we need to do is open our hearts and minds to Him. May He guide you on this wonderful journey towards the blessed life He has planned for all of His children once we BELIEVE in Him.
“My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them.” Proverbs 4:20-22
Love to all!
Sandi Rauwolf
Author, Blessings Too Good
