Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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) b: }; y% M' L5 R> and over again people tell us that they could never
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- r/ u; g6 y' L; |5 u> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
- t/ O1 y9 c. d6 G> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
2 W' Z3 C% y' A1 K> sinful lives and to purchase
* V! ~! f; h' F; L> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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> 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
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> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
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  \9 a# M* x1 q) f> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
6 ?. \4 i5 u- M7 W2 v> It is this hope that
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> Peace comes to our hearts
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> 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."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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& e- C3 ]+ J6 v1 E* ^. a> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.