Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
( ]2 U- u8 x  ?0 W, i4 b/ k> have ever imagined. Over
) A* j0 S8 x: O2 v' U" R> and over again people tell us that they could never
" K; X0 {* x1 y9 z& h0 ^* J4 f  F> begin to understand the
' }' {2 C. \" y, d+ p8 ~' o8 h> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
6 _$ s! f0 Q+ r- C> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
9 _0 [- Z; p6 L, b/ P; H. H9 S> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> 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
( G% z; U0 G: [) `> hope. This hope, that's
% E. }+ W1 \" Q6 U> 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
> anticipation and a longing
8 S& I$ n3 S+ M9 m! P> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
2 \# h- @# J; t! D( `2 E/ e> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
- P9 R# s! g6 y5 i: b- e> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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9 @7 H) W) S4 }) }; E: g> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
' d9 D0 S4 s7 y% u, j" ~> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
. B. f) N& ^+ b1 s> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.