....and so it pours.

I didn't take this picture,
just to let you know,
I cheated this time.
But I wanted this post to focus on the recent fires across Midwest City,
Choctaw,
and wherever else.
My dad and I drove around the outskirts of MWC today in my car.
We drove past the fire damage in a lot of the woodland areas.
There were areas where,
at one time,

you couldn't see five feet into it,
because of all of the trees and what not.
Now there's literally nothing there.
a bunch of skinny sticks coming out of the ground,
and black ash everywhere.
This really wasn't that bad to me,
I mean it sucks that all of those trees are gone,
but it didn't hit my core or anything.
but...

...then we drove to where some of the homes were had burned down in local neighborhoods.
It was pretty insane.
Some houses were burned in rows.
2,
3,
4?
But every now and then you catch a street where it's,
house... house... ashes... house house house.

"Wait,
what is that?
The fire doesn't even touch their house,
but mine is totally gone?"

That would be my reaction.
I might even go as far to try and question God's will.
Something like,

"What did I do?
Did I make you mad this week?
Is it because I chose not to read,
Or pray,
or something??
Didn't I do what I was asked?
I don't deserve this!"

I find myself,
slipping into thoughts like these once in a while.
Every now and then,
when something goes downward for me,
I'll look up,
and ask why.
Do you guys do that?
Sometimes I'll even catch myself not sinning,
just so God will allow me to have a good time at church,
or so that He won't rain on my parade during the day or something.
But that's not really what God's about.

You remember the points you used to get,
in school,
in church,
whatever,
when you were a kid?
Like,
"do this right,
something awesome happens to you.
do it wrong,
and you get a butt-whoopin'
along with getting a horrible day.
go!"
This whole thing jacked us up, man.
Now our God is a God of works.
We don't care about knowing God,
we just want to be close enough to him so that if suffering comes our way,
we think we're chill because we read our bible,
or because we prayed.
Then,
if something bad happens to us,
we sometimes think that we must've done something to make Him angry.
"Oh man, God must hate me,
my life has sucked for the past few months.
He hates me,
I don't know what I did,
but He's not happy about it."
Do you remember that God is love,
and Love keeps no record of wrong?

Now this is true,
you try to grow closer to God,
you might have some tools to fight off the basics of trouble,
but life will still sting you sometime.
You won't be able to just stand up right after you've taken a spill.
Life will take you out sometimes.
God provides a hope,
and a comfort.
My heart goes out to those who lost family members,
home,
pets,
anything else,
to the fire.
God provides a rain.
He is not cursing you.
You are not getting a cold shoulder from our creator.
Whoever you are,
I have no idea what kind of anguish you're going through,
and I'm sorry if I presented this post as if I did.
I meant nothing by it,
because I'm not strong,
my faith is worthless,
but someday,
whenever life tackles everything I have lived for,
for so long,
I want to look up at God,
and not ask,

"What'd I do?"

but I want to look up at God,
and ask,

"What are You going to do?"

Fully believing in his will.

The rain's on it's way to put out those burning flames.
Look for it.
God has nothing but love for you.
He has purpose for you.
Even if you think you've lost it all.
He doesn't need anything of this world to work His will in you.

Kent Cypert is on drugs.

Not really...
I decided that everytime I post a blog,
I'm going to add in a favorite photo.
This is not to show off,
but I'm hoping this will help me improve later on in the future as a way to look back,
and figure out what I need to work on.
I'm always up for some pointers,
so please tell me
if you think the picture is as worthless as the gum you stepped in today,
and what I can do to fix it up.
Thanks guys.
Now on to the blog.

I figured out a secret.
For some of you,
it's been in your head for years.
Haunting your dreams.
Some of you can get pretty lucky at solving the puzzle,
and have completed it before,
but you want to know how to do it again.
Good thing you chose to read Cheeseburger Jaunt.

Picture this scenario;
You're hungry, right?
you've been working,
exercising,
skateboarding,
loungin',
playing Foosball,
whatever it is that you do.
Your stomach is aching,
but you only have some change.
like a couple of nickels,
quarters,
dimes and stuff.
so you go up to the nearest Taco Bell.
if you think it's gross,
well then you tell that to the starving children.
FACE.

Everyone knows about that little game thing they have.
you drop the coin,
and end up wasting your time.
every now and then catching a burrito or something
but here's the tip;
you drop the coin,
it lands,
now what you need to do is slightly tilt that bizz in the direction you want it to go,
NOT TOO MUCH.
then you take the handle thing that goes through the cylinder,
and kind of make it hop up and down a bit.
that coin will slowly but surely get to the other platform
by way of being bounced.
you have to be careful with this tilting though,
or the coin will fall,
then you have to write me in all sad saying,
"Ethan, your idea didn't work! You have no idea what you're talking about!"
blame Donovan Strain or The Berrics,
okay?
now once you've made it down,
and you've got your food,
get that free cup of water,
and go mingle with some friends.

p.s.
Next thurday,
don't wear shoes.
not to school,
not to work,
not to your friends house,
not while your out walking in an alley way full of broken glass.
here's the why,
you've heard of Toms?
they are encouraging the whole world to go without shoes for one day.
let's do it.
it sounds rad.

Beg God to work in your life,
and He will.
Let Jesus show you love,
and He will.
Ask the Spirit to give you guidance,
and He will.
Keep those eyes open though,
the Trinity might work in some weird ways.