Have you been feeling a little rushed lately? Well, you might be surprised to find out how fast you’re actually moving even when you think you’re “standing still.”
- Earth, at the latitude of Washington, D.C., is spinning at a rate of about 750 miles per hour [1].
- At the same time, the spinning Earth is rotating around the Sun at approximately 67,000 miles per hour [2].
- And the Sun around which we move so rapidly is itself rotating around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy at about 483,000 miles per hour [3].
- Finally, the whole universe is spinning and moving outward at about 1,339,200 miles per hour [4].
It’s dizzying to consider our speed and motion: a spinning earth, rotating around a sun, which is rotating around a galaxy, which is rotating around a spinning universe. So, if you think you’re standing still, think again; we are actually hurtling through space at mind-boggling speed.
Yes, you’re on the move. You’re moving so fast you met yourself coming back! Don’t let anyone tell you you’re loafing.
Here are some biblical “speed texts.” Hurry up and read them!
- Look! The Lord advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles (Jer 4:13).
- I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands, O Lord (Psalm 119:60).
- Hurry! Go quickly! Don’t stop! (1 Sam 20:38)
- God has told me to hurry (2 Chron 35:21).
May you be in Heaven an hour before the devil knows your dead.
What is the meaning of all this motion? St. Thomas Aquinas tells us:
“We hold then that the movement of the heavens is for the completion of the number of the elect. For the rational soul is more excellent than any body whatsoever, even than the heavens: wherefore there is nothing unreasonable in supposing that the end of the heavenly movement is the multiplication of rational souls; not indeed indefinitely, since this could not result from the movement of the heavens; and it could in that case be moved to something that it could not obtain. Therefore it is a definite number of souls that is the end of the heavenly movement: and when this is reached the movement will cease.”–from QUAESTIONES DISPUTATAE, DE POTENTIA DEI, ON THE POWER OF GOD, QUESTION V:
THE PRESERVATION OF THINGS BY GOD, ARTICLE V, Will the Heavenly Movement Cease At Any Time?
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And ditto to what Robertlifelongcatholic said.
There’s timing too. I recently saw a bumper sticker;
Some, who plan to seek God at the eleventh hour, die at 10:30.