Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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7 w0 H) S. J; s2 q2 o, x> 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
5 G+ v3 s0 o4 Y! i3 B> who does understand and
- Q  V& n5 [' k7 t  R> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
" D# y, D8 h; N* O: Q2 O" A( x7 c% t> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
- m8 k% \  Y! T* H0 J> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
3 Y- J8 A! P$ W" ~; u, W' Z, v> and conquered death. It is though this event where
$ r9 x/ `) Q8 Q5 I8 w9 r> human history was
4 e' v# q# z' P2 a- h> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
. ]3 _9 @1 C# j1 \> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
/ G+ ?5 Y! R+ ?' N3 ^3 X" R> 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.
> 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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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
2 \% t7 E5 N/ n> happens to me, I want
7 W; D* s+ v5 T5 T7 [> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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! `. H- z, ]% B* Z: Z# X! z+ f> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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