Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
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> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
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> 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
# D1 b4 r6 w4 T0 }> 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
2 q- D# s2 j& K' {/ F9 T> 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
% Y5 @# y' M+ s> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
; W. D/ o" m" i> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> 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
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7 o2 o' Y+ ^- O/ U4 Y3 d1 _0 x> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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1 }" R; U6 [9 b, m2 t3 [> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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1 K% r. I5 I  g$ X5 v/ v: |> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.