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
; m! V  V) t5 f2 Y3 U- h% Z$ R, H7 I) B> begin to understand the
# y& z. Y$ [$ B> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
  u2 l7 ?2 `" Z& s/ Z5 p2 z> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
$ G* L6 [1 R5 I! L5 ?7 F> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
5 P& K! ?  h. A> His son from the dead
0 D- t  h: G' ^$ H& X0 F> and conquered death. It is though this event where
1 N1 h" ^6 T6 h- m. h> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
; n5 X# X: v( a; s> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
$ q/ M( }- l- c8 m. ?> certainty based on the
: @! h( ~" |8 v% `  p> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
! r4 }' ]+ J7 x8 H0 A' @3 Q  v> It is this hope that
8 s  I0 j. j- b$ i/ E4 s; ?> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
5 ?  X0 p7 o; E! j: w2 T* {* C3 k> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
; m, ^7 S8 @- {% {6 M# g> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
+ k( @5 |  y& k7 S% h8 n> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
9 E/ Y9 b# U; r> your wish this afternoon.
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/ o# O/ Z/ Q  _: v7 M> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
1 V7 T" a5 _8 w6 C> wait.