Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
9 J2 N8 V0 e  u3 v( f/ d> have ever imagined. Over
: Q$ m! K1 W8 C, p0 t& C2 {> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
1 J% g8 ~5 M1 C8 l> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
6 m3 I' b; ~) r& _; p/ ?3 u> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
( a* h0 A4 F% z+ o0 ^) O' C9 i6 E> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
6 L; w3 M8 Z$ }) X; G  }9 E8 f> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
4 B/ ?7 a6 y9 y5 R8 y1 t0 W> His son from the dead
2 X: z+ V" Z7 b0 Q2 F> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
9 S  L1 S& N& u* E% U& l1 j> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
% I/ b& _$ G# |* e8 U& j> hope. This hope, that's
7 e  j% A5 U  f  z> 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
/ |. E  z/ l0 c/ A, j0 p. I* l+ E> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
7 z- E  p- A' a5 K) T4 w3 p> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
0 M' u4 \( f8 `7 G: [> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
, m; O1 R( ]* `. j  j2 I3 A> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
5 H8 G$ w- w1 F4 J5 k3 @> 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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