Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
1 c0 i1 T' m: q5 `) _& d: M> have ever imagined. Over
; ^1 w1 E2 t, Q> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
$ D, G# x* V/ @1 L: D4 C> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
' Y/ }5 u7 s3 b> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
+ D# F  i( n0 G5 h( d5 l( W> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
+ _: H% ]* B( j7 Y; r. T> sinful lives and to purchase
; v4 e$ w' e/ M> 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
; A3 O  }4 i: b2 ^1 E& J> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
5 |; ]3 U+ |, y. m# G7 I> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
5 [% `4 N1 x9 B+ _1 N: M/ a> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
: V( u7 q2 g  `; B( S> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
& ~# X& `; b9 B$ n* e> It is this hope that
. y7 l- _2 K" t- C3 ~% B0 B# C" v> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
$ \- I2 _9 J" S* b" x> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
* g6 U& z" W( R3 R> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
  w: K& x4 H) b3 m. v4 R) j. c+ l> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
/ {% y) G- C+ f> wait.