Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
* \3 f' d  m3 K, _8 ?> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
5 F7 l# R6 E, w) Y. N4 N2 O> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
* t5 n' |1 q6 E) _: o; t4 p$ K> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> 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
1 l) w% |0 v. e5 k# d> His son from the dead
' v# s: S" |5 n% E8 M> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
5 E/ u+ |* |( h6 t% D9 S> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
6 X+ {# q5 j/ E, q# c+ B+ @> hope. This hope, that's
; X# `' W* v$ h) r) W/ a) @- f, A> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
+ c! W0 k6 _6 B4 R> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
: M) |9 T( N( J' O> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
( Y* Z- I7 N# f+ W  g- \> It is this hope that
. g0 _2 |& O- z4 z1 N$ c> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
: E3 C& S- O7 }7 Q4 @7 ^. j5 y$ V> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
8 O5 c2 M- E- ~! g> happens to me, I want
4 b1 ^4 \5 V( N7 @4 U; K3 `> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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0 f* ], \: {2 L$ l; u> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.