Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
3 y7 e' Z, B* B- @6 p6 z0 i> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
4 V0 S% F1 X& x; K, L$ T) E> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
3 R3 m4 J7 A6 E- m7 p( n> happened when God gave the
6 G- f/ D6 F& y' y% b" H3 v> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
/ G, a5 \/ n+ w" y& b: `5 ^2 [3 e> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
$ X( U. b$ @8 u> human history was
3 F( s, k) B# p8 Z> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
% C. \( e5 w( }# N> hope. This hope, that's
6 e5 ^( y3 |. Z5 [> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
) L2 E6 h6 h+ V6 n. Y> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
* g' s* J- d4 Z  i( r> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
* M% H; {# k8 [# q+ G  K7 E6 z> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
, }( V$ ^1 t( C, x>
5 M+ y7 H- P* Z( u> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
. M5 t. w2 s* N: Y. `4 x> happens to me, I want
5 b9 B8 i" r9 X> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
: I# R: q4 m9 w- ~2 c' [> wait.