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
4 O: q- @* g/ u) G- z* x  k, E> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
7 O' ~8 A  i$ @! l: h0 \7 o> who does understand and
> 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
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
/ O. c/ ^, F) c* S6 x0 B" ~: l> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
, [; s% Q0 Z0 a, F* t& ?# _> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
- b7 {4 d, r$ W' w> certainty based on the
6 q- m! `0 s) q' W( F> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
/ q. \& K+ H" o! \# _% V> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
$ V4 e+ I; B4 ]" o0 [# E4 \> It is this hope that
/ d5 m! [3 s  T: z0 \> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
  L# P) q/ P+ Q2 O- K2 ~) w> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
" v0 i1 U5 H  S> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
7 K& W# u! b0 P) v> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
. G) H0 P, S! l- W& n" z2 S> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
0 O* n# h  `5 E1 K: C9 S> your wish this afternoon.
>
5 T9 Y( `1 q$ R' ^4 H> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
( W4 n" `. N% g* Q( ]6 k' x> wait.