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
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
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> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
8 h6 B6 ?. H; ~2 {> happened when God gave the
. g) q* t' Y9 \+ w> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
* N- x" Y4 B& {1 ?- L& @5 F: j> 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
> 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
> certainty based on the
# Q' R* L9 b0 B) v6 ~: A; J+ p> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
7 A( Z$ P: r0 g> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
$ _; p6 B9 l/ q  ^1 S+ v. c> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
8 a2 H) Q1 v- j& C5 G> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
- v  \3 J9 n! N  i' n+ \1 }9 y> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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  @+ ]6 T/ b' R, v& J+ T8 }& o> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.