Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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; f$ \3 w1 c/ B( x- H/ Y> and over again people tell us that they could never
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, V4 w- I6 `2 p4 ^% z) V$ u> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
! F5 E" Q, Y( k  q6 {> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
& \7 W, l/ \$ L& U1 ^9 R2 }; |> happened when God gave the
5 I4 S9 z7 B' s  F> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
  k3 h, ^1 n  F> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
- B. c& R1 B# n( |: |% V> 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
) M2 @9 x, S6 V" n" X> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
2 F% r/ q3 B5 h# I2 u; w> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
0 K! N- S8 x1 W) z' O. W4 `> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
" A0 e+ O" A; Z7 z+ O6 a> Peace comes to our hearts
; b. p! H; R2 s> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
- R) a/ G% S( n; L3 f" r4 Z# V" i5 v% Y> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
. k5 @* N; v5 S) l> happens to me, I want
+ z3 J* ~) M, k$ B> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
8 Q/ u, r, u( a: W4 Y> your wish this afternoon.
>
! v- K6 @$ d) L9 Q# s4 o> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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