Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
- h$ H0 [: O  ]8 N" w8 f> and over again people tell us that they could never
' \9 f# J5 t$ s( r> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
8 Q" G$ K7 u1 ]( u8 ?  s> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
; r( c5 A2 i/ Q# k6 r1 f> happened when God gave the
8 |1 Z8 C% l  q. H* o> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
. X) X( p) g" m: Q8 e> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
- n1 y$ E# K8 g> 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
9 Q3 V/ H: B+ u) \2 Z> hope. This hope, that's
5 [/ M3 S$ H/ _> 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
. o" q  j1 c9 Q. @2 v9 I> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
( N* H' e/ g" L3 K! s( F> 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.
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/ j- J* L7 h& ^2 P8 h> 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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9 s/ j4 p8 h& o; p: u+ z> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
: u$ x9 u; j' E* R> wait.