Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
# w' i! e7 F, z: m> have ever imagined. Over
8 r: }% G! P. Q7 K- S$ {2 @+ ^> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
! `& A0 |9 _! B* b> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
> 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
  m0 K" b. V* q, |1 U# B5 y> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
  z9 P4 P7 _4 F+ Y9 n& c> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
* L$ `& U- X# y0 k1 d# L, ?2 M> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
8 g# Q" a. w* U' j4 C0 T% W# h( b> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
' i; D, P) l0 F: C6 h5 R> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
' {" G+ Y. G7 F> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
! G1 q8 L( m( p5 l) Y> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
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5 @8 S1 N% b  {# C2 E. O> 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.
>
7 S) L$ X6 s9 x> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.