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
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5 l9 d2 }5 J1 C. K9 L> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
! P  \" X1 I2 T% I: w& B> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
$ k  p7 O5 U7 }) u. A> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
) C$ y( M- ^' p4 x, p+ Q6 h- \> human history was
+ a7 C, b+ @6 s4 T& p$ D, A> 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
) m1 h& @$ V0 ?0 {( o7 n> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
4 \- U# U+ E# P) i) H! o3 f5 K) S> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
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> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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4 P9 D+ k; L( f. A5 J% W# n> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
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> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
' ]3 A8 C' A/ ^) Y$ Z$ C7 f- \> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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1 A5 g3 r: w% [3 F- q# h> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.