Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
* `8 Q# }' L' a( J6 u$ s> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
( ^6 L8 N1 j! P6 e% C- _> 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
- b" {3 }1 J8 j( g> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
2 F4 M: q8 U# q> sinful lives and to purchase
3 q% S+ _# [2 d" j" U+ v& N> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
2 |' {1 ^4 r1 s5 o' b4 e( V! s> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> 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
> 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.
; \6 G- ~, E- b% K; k> It is this hope that
3 q/ N" L' H  V9 ?* {0 w. b> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
0 Z6 u9 @* f+ O2 Q4 K. [> Peace comes to our hearts
* z" V$ P" D2 L/ I" i> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> 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+ a( S1 r* |0 J* m2 J+ ^% N> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
) N5 Z4 p) M# ^. y1 `- L> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.