Have you ever tried to "Google" your name?

Give it a shot some time. You might be susprised to find something about yourself you never knew.

A hint for searching success: put quotation marks around your name. For example:

"Scott Knuteson"

Interestingly, there is only one other person in the world that I know of with the same name as me. He apparently runs track and field and is around my age, I think.

Wierd...

The sky's the limit

I frequently endanger other drivers on the road.

No, it isn't because I speed or swerve (although I can't claim innocence).

I find myself staring at the sky when I drive home in the evening. Today the sun set around 6:15 or so. This means that as I travel north on Interstate 65, I can look left out my window and see an ever-changing array of colors and designs.

It is absolutely amazing. I find the spectrum of colors that God displays up there astounding and almost unbelievable, especially when I consider that all that is contributing to the spectacle is a bunch of air, the sun, humidity, specks of dust, and possibly some ice crystals in the higher altitude clouds.

How can something so seemingly "random" be so beautiful?

Then I think of my pregnant wife and the miracle that is taking place inside of her, even as she brushes her teeth right now. The life that is growing in there is no chance, no random conglomeration of molecules.

Amazing, isn't it?

Think about that next time you see a pretty sunset or brush your teeth.

All Things New

Ruth is already asleep.

I just completed a revised budget that takes two major developments into account:

1. We are expecting a baby!!
2. We are buying a house!

Early yesterday morning we met our realtor, who is also a friend of ours, at his office to sign some paperwork.

He told us that a man from church - a friend of his and my parents - had died early that morning after a battle with cancer.

Mr. Wise, our realtor, had been up since 3:00 a.m. when he went to see the family.

A thought that occurred to me was: It is truly remarkable all the stages of life God brings us through.

Here we are, expecting a new little life to emerge from my wife in 9 months... and the Galloway's have just experienced the loss of a life.

How do we reconcile this apparent disparity in experience? We know God is sovereign, that's how.

If I didn't believe that, I would live in constant fear.

So I pray for two things tonight: peace, strength, and comfort for the Galloway's in their sorrow through their knowledge and experience of God's sovereign timing, and wisdom for Ruth and me to know how to best prepare for his unexpected gifts.

Here is my obligatory opening blog that says something about how I've never done this before and maybe I will make frequent entries and maybe I will not.



So what does one write about in this space?



I'm going to sleep on it...