Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
0 t% W9 g: G/ a5 c> and over again people tell us that they could never
1 y( V. m6 H) |  \> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
. }% w4 x6 }' Q" J( `% i# M6 F! O> who does understand and
. D; M5 z5 P) r) o. Y5 @) ]> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
# N6 l7 y' B0 T+ H0 a. F> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
* p  b* D  h4 s7 C4 |/ g> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
) T& ]/ o2 N3 ^; X$ u> human history was
3 _/ N6 r" G6 B: P4 L$ V4 G. D> 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
  B; x2 ^9 Z  o0 S9 q' ?, ~> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
7 g0 `7 U$ ~( Y& H& R) p> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
$ l! F1 a- p! \' i" l> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
0 @* Y3 X4 E1 t9 |/ _' E) @! c5 h> 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."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
$ M) R8 E( q, G" _- d> your wish this afternoon.
>
0 T9 G8 f' ~, S, a> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.