Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
: u! W2 U, }9 K7 b) S! I> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
8 [9 K, R3 M/ @2 \3 A> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
- E; |& s  a! J  R, ^: G6 |9 o> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
$ ]% ?2 ]* k7 I7 u& j> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
8 d! y( {. t* {> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
+ k, E, Z- c2 u: k0 w> His son from the dead
4 @8 @4 u5 e7 C0 X& J> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
1 _4 N$ R0 [3 s) m0 E. d7 @! [> hope. This hope, that's
1 n5 s9 r- |4 L9 Y; p7 S; d> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
4 M  g9 E- i3 g& {0 {1 Z> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
" I& K7 z% I+ h& T) I* x" W5 j( i( E> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
1 a1 I7 L/ l, f> It is this hope that
% q5 z" d  K! B5 |- j> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
- Y1 }' ~5 g' w$ K: F$ U4 Y( r2 D> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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+ H( C: q& g7 u6 s! t7 V& C3 z> 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."
>
" ^" F/ R* G1 I% I> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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- k" x7 i! n9 V/ a> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.