Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
7 \) e4 \0 U/ A7 u; d> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
% j9 G. o, X2 q- q/ E- e3 x& Q3 g> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
0 u5 v3 i- ~+ X7 c6 U4 B3 ~. `> who does understand and
! i+ o1 `( ]* W- _# C> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
+ S1 f0 a8 t: n% ~( ]> 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
9 S1 x& ~5 A6 }( L5 ~> human history was
  M, j/ R1 v. p> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
' D0 r4 r4 c7 m8 I& ?> hope. This hope, that's
* n# s; O7 D! a# x7 n> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
5 J2 }2 Q2 Y5 V7 q1 z8 c> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
/ s* Z! D8 e5 [/ J> anticipation and a longing
' Z, y* x% f! L7 z) K# n> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
( \. T( U2 j" f" y) b> It is this hope that
2 n+ M+ Q  f1 \: ]" K# Q> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
0 K9 m" l' I$ `) k2 ^1 B% F> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
3 m8 u9 a& H, @* D> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
1 _# U& b% U" `2 x> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
0 k9 r' P4 y5 u8 V$ v> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
4 V7 k# y3 ^8 x( Q> wait.