Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
) i  U& O  x  ^; V- I0 U$ B; Y8 D> 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
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7 [) `  U. e$ [5 n> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
5 O9 y% Y5 @$ U+ D" R> sinful lives and to purchase
8 g9 _: J, }5 S> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
/ b" ?/ H5 X( R- {9 R> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
: ?( O7 O% I* F7 U$ B$ Z> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
4 T: @* _# k- h( @0 [* @% O> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
, N3 o, o4 }; g8 ^% M) D> certainty based on the
4 V0 z, Q7 ^, c/ w6 J$ R- Q1 y/ w  m> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
# O6 ^4 h& ^7 P, ]7 z* o> anticipation and a longing
. L, h- {: A8 V; ]2 u2 m> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
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6 H/ B2 M3 R' H> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
% s/ D" ^: u3 v2 |> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
2 ^0 R# k" ]5 {$ m0 `9 N$ a> your wish this afternoon.
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; J( b2 {7 \: [/ W> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.