Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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# V  D' |, M# H> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
6 `9 p! S' o0 ~! ^0 U$ ?> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
9 j4 m) X2 A  a/ N> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
7 C  x. M9 {  u6 @$ _/ C! T> hope. This hope, that's
" n! C5 F3 p7 s$ q. U> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
$ s5 q6 b  `) Q9 @5 J; D> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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! |: @2 O4 ^) i& Z, W  z0 Y> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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7 D9 i2 ?8 }7 T0 R$ N> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
9 n0 S9 Z4 y8 `; |4 x, U> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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