Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
- y* D- U5 S6 P# B6 L; e  r> 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
> sinful lives and to purchase
& O- U. R& x8 {+ A" p/ k> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
5 ]# M$ E+ L1 \4 }> His son from the dead
' ]4 O; ?! A5 w# t5 H! [> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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2 C5 H+ F4 q% n4 J) V> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
2 Y7 `8 [0 Z/ n3 y  G> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
: T) B; N' z3 s> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
> 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
! J/ c7 M* L+ i> Peace comes to our hearts
$ ^0 z6 I- n3 E: X> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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$ V! n/ Y$ h- k, z2 E- c- U6 X& j> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
, r1 w6 p, Q3 i4 d- L> happens to me, I want
) P! C& f$ S: H! m* J> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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