Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
5 o- e7 s9 X0 ^% J' T> 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
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> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
; a/ }4 c2 R; R+ A> hope. This hope, that's
$ `4 H  y7 f0 I> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
4 O- E' u1 Q2 y" W> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
9 `5 t1 c1 @; X) Q2 f7 I8 G> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
* A6 ~" k& J: n> It is this hope that
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> Peace comes to our hearts
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0 g$ q' g* V" [; }5 `9 v/ F* F> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
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> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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