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
$ V1 h* b8 s6 U0 C- L> begin to understand the
, @6 D* ?- s7 z. Q/ X> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
% g3 X, j0 b  _. B> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
3 @- t. ~3 @; I2 d3 D, O, q1 R9 v> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
  G4 Q8 k, S' M# j> sinful lives and to purchase
$ U! D8 m8 i. s/ B> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
8 I" G& N5 Y% C7 R- b% `4 H1 |: U> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
) H6 H* g$ Y2 |) p- H" @1 R> hope. This hope, that's
7 ]- V# g9 j+ O0 E! b  W> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
  c# O6 t2 l- b/ |  J" K+ Z> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
* t& U! M. Y( D> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
- |+ [. R0 s1 F> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
( I) @5 `$ ^3 M6 i5 A: g> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
& M/ d- I2 L1 n3 d8 z( q>
* g( X* R3 O4 G" {> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
% l/ X, e& H0 w> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
8 C- o% S% c- Z. u4 h6 H$ D+ w> your wish this afternoon.
. u% X* v" ^; z>
; ^' U0 m% V9 e/ {> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
# {4 {- ~0 s8 X6 }> wait.