Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
$ i1 f' x5 w# F3 N2 M$ I> have ever imagined. Over
8 i( _5 R/ M4 T1 r2 N2 G> and over again people tell us that they could never
) E3 g% ]# I9 D> begin to understand the
> 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
> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
  x7 d# ^' `/ P, Z> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
, d+ c9 E. _5 T* _9 r( q> 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
9 s+ r) x) U$ O# U0 y) |- l> hope. This hope, that's
7 l" @0 ?' y2 b) \+ t0 \* Z> 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.
> It is this hope that
, @) Q: ~( T4 S0 n6 t4 |1 G> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
' J! K; h4 C. j# o: n1 K2 c3 L> Peace comes to our hearts
) p, K: _3 {; W# ^# p7 o+ t> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
4 x8 F( G6 ~8 \+ f* u: p+ m> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
4 g- ~% _) _% ~; q# z> happens to me, I want
, S5 ?5 ]5 v* Y6 |" Y" M6 _> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
; @+ `+ ?3 q8 W' c1 a$ }> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
% T# Q; L3 x" r0 a3 A> your wish this afternoon.
>
2 n. Y& _/ ^, m> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.