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
7 Y/ k4 T, X3 n/ q' N> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
. m7 Y) ]% {7 F3 O0 i/ E8 G. Z> who does understand and
+ }# V% m- A2 L/ E9 f7 i- X6 z) J> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
! ^. C/ S" R: n3 u> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
( j- q, z; q$ [$ ^2 W2 Z> sinful lives and to purchase
) A3 ^  s& T/ f: ~" m/ ]6 U> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
+ |% J! t2 F# R* ]2 U- Q+ u> 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
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
( U4 M5 t9 Z  p3 [& [# z: u1 s> certainty based on the
! d6 {/ t- b3 ?9 C' U8 b4 t> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
5 k# I1 @6 B  F9 [. y> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
. J3 C. b3 G; }, t2 D$ B> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
: ^9 R3 S9 ^; T9 w) J! J( C( j6 \> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
* K& [9 p7 ^: P% J# R  x$ p0 R> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
  h% A4 d, B, P5 J) r" S+ n: X> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
4 X1 w( T8 t9 C3 i: \> your wish this afternoon.
>
) y6 x. p5 o7 u! M5 O" q, l' X" P> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
7 W3 L( k! f8 k6 k> wait.