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
% F+ I6 `* k7 J# m/ @+ S> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
9 |; {" E2 b* ~$ G  @$ D> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
. T9 z$ B! C+ h. S2 k1 l> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
2 h& ^& m# V$ ?" q/ m& G# b7 A> sinful lives and to purchase
$ S+ f/ ^) C* c3 _, b> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
3 k$ g/ c$ b. r- x> 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
+ _1 \2 o8 J: f& r! _( a% v> hope. This hope, that's
2 Q. ?9 J! ]/ @+ k" y> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
8 `7 r" S' p8 l  K2 N  J> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
9 t6 O4 `  q$ J. x/ a+ v$ P( {> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
7 G* ^" A6 d( O8 L9 r6 s> 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.
! G- ^2 u3 s8 `% J, r/ F>
: H2 U, r: K- Y0 h! w  @! o  {> 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."
>
; k9 v7 V' k% d' M% Z" c1 h> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.