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
> begin to understand the
/ k* B; n: h7 t. Y> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
( H; x6 x4 i: D- q> 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
& K8 `: v: L5 X' _) T( V3 g, Q> sinful lives and to purchase
7 ^' Z3 T9 g$ `  G> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
) ~+ X0 Q4 }# B) q  Z/ O* b1 u> 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
5 X6 N& [6 ~1 b. j, t" ~  {" i> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
/ z/ f+ |+ ~" a/ P$ ^6 Z! M( H> certainty based on the
7 j( ~. B7 I1 k. R> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
* O2 d8 |, V# d/ J9 u6 _$ z0 q' }- _> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
9 r" w# w! ^9 E3 {) ]" r> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
9 r" P$ x+ `7 o* L) q. z" m> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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8 i9 C* L# z  K> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
" K' _% U/ h0 A* }% Y! H4 u. s> happens to me, I want
4 n, c$ N, T$ ~5 h2 h> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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4 b+ M: U. C' v$ z! q1 S7 p: E> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
2 Q' i) ~& e$ m- [> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.