Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
2 D. @9 u  [: Q5 {/ q1 H! `6 a> and over again people tell us that they could never
- h3 \2 @4 r& t( p# D. v4 s+ k+ ^1 T> begin to understand the
2 y# v" L" X' j2 U> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
' H3 \# e# ^9 T( j5 O& J. w! X> who does understand and
0 g; f6 H! Y7 l* s> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
$ I6 r8 P- B$ z) d4 M> 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
/ ~. C- K' V" U4 M! H% b* U> 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
> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
, q: F$ e0 E) F% ~; N> certainty based on the
# }. v, r6 q& v. a( |5 S3 a. k> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
' G9 E/ E/ h8 P( a- t2 F> 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
> Peace comes to our hearts
. M  j6 }/ U6 P+ X> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
8 s& g0 V3 J7 V9 w6 k1 f> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
5 r2 X4 K( J" T* v4 A$ ]> 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
2 r% n6 [: Q0 o7 T' \" }/ g' j> your wish this afternoon.
>
0 l2 t( l! }# J* }+ ?' q: s> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
9 e! r& B; \8 S1 u# _2 L> wait.