A little excitement while I was gone

So I go home to DeRidder to pay my respects to Grannie and be there for Danyelle. I get back Saturday around 5:30 pm. I notice that the next door neighbor's fire extinguisher is on their stoop. I open my door and my alarm tells me that someone has had to enter my apartment. Then I am overwhelmed by the smell of smoke. My kitchen floor has black marks from boots scuffed on it. My cabinets are opened. I haven't received any phone calls about a fire. None of my emergency contacts on my list have been contacted. There isn't a note on the cabinet explaining what happened. So I have to wait til this morning to find out what happened. My neighbor had a kitchen fire at 6:30 pm Friday night. The apartment manager lives in Blanchard and she had to call the courtesy officer to get the keys to open my apartment b/c the fire department was about to bust down my door. The complex is sending a machine out today to suck out the smoke smell. Just one more story to add to the Heather's adventure files. And another testimony that God protects His own.

On this Valentine's Day...

On Valentine's Day we rush out to show our love to significant others, family and friends. Some people think it is a waste of money. Others turn it into a competition. Lately I have been thinking about the different ways people have shown their love to me through the years. Some did it with their words, some used gifts, and some didn't say or do anything...they were just there when I needed them the most. That got me to thinking about God's love for me. The list of things He has done for me is longer and wider than anyone I know. Sending His Son to save my life is unfathomable. The song "Written In Red" by Gordon Jenson is a great reminder of God's love to me. I heard Janet Paschal sing it and fell in love with the song. I've included the lyrics below for you to enjoy.

WRITTEN IN RED
VERSE 1
In letters of crimson
God wrote His love
On a hillside so long, long ago
For you and for me Jesus died
And love’s greatest story was told

CHORUS
I love you, I love you
That’s what Calvary said
I love you, I love you
I love you written in red

VERSE 2
Down through the ages God wrote His love
With the same hands that suffered and bled
Giving all that He had to give
A message so easily read

CHORUS
I love you, I love you
That’s what Calvary said I love you…
Oh precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

CHORUS
I love you, I love you
That’s what Calvary said
I love you, I love you
I love you written in red