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
! A9 _2 B1 m- [> begin to understand the
- {( Q3 N- w- ]3 C+ E+ R> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
1 Y9 i( N0 I+ h% P> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
; {2 b8 Y" X) E* t> 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
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
, s# q, r; S+ h& p- s> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
4 G6 o% b' p9 ^5 N> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
+ V+ S# B) P+ Y3 o# D> 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
- t0 I2 E+ e4 \5 Z1 Q2 @# x6 g> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
0 o7 t' x3 Y, @' x8 _0 O* Q8 ^7 y  W> happens to me, I want
+ h" [# w+ A" M9 L# i8 d> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
3 w/ a( H+ @: ^- N, k1 L6 _8 H# b> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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. B- u% \4 e5 t- O> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.