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
* `0 u4 I  `  b) c> begin to understand the
4 N6 }" j" U* I* Q+ D, o> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
' E- I* A. u. a2 j0 N5 _> who does understand and
$ J# k7 E! U" U* S6 G, S% n0 R> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
: z( J0 ?$ C0 ~  m7 w8 J> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
1 t1 A) W' X7 i> sinful lives and to purchase
* A7 [" D4 A2 \2 p' x> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
. z4 A! y7 r* N% X' F4 N( N- v> His son from the dead
+ v4 ~3 X9 c5 n' c2 @> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
" x/ ?6 _% n! _; q, c! i% S( _> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
) k, D4 o- {9 Q- `> hope. This hope, that's
1 D; `1 W, S6 A) y9 X> 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
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> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
$ C2 m$ X. J2 R' b4 y0 G( b1 L9 p> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
8 V8 p) }; G8 U6 e$ h1 D> Peace comes to our hearts
1 S4 q: v9 ~/ N7 ?: `% v; d> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
! m* r- ^1 t# R3 Y9 j> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
7 M, h) I. _  X/ d/ u$ ?% T, ]> happens to me, I want
7 I+ W3 v0 U$ d0 a) g0 v* i# A> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.