Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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4 f8 `( J* n9 D> and over again people tell us that they could never
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> 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
9 f. t7 r  b, X* d# L$ F> 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
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> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
- f6 z9 w( V5 p: Q$ L> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
6 |; p: b/ ]. X; A9 O> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
! }" V2 U" h! `0 X> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
# X9 c$ i  i' A3 j- t5 i> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
: x6 o: z8 g- w> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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& G/ b$ W  Y1 h* t& s> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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