Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> 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
# y& i& z& U8 D3 K+ x> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
# J0 E2 O/ T' t0 V> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
6 ^5 A  Z. K! G  s> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
6 g0 X% h9 e" r2 L6 M2 O; x> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
; i1 S& e& Q( h> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
: ?) H. f  ]8 w8 E# H& l> 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
4 p% Z# L* g1 R+ K" X  m; N> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
/ V! W' w$ i6 r7 i+ s( g% Z. Z9 c% h> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
: E6 ?4 {7 W! L! p2 W> happens to me, I want
$ t/ y6 s# R6 ^  \> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
. j9 e; T' f8 r/ d* P: S> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
2 ~) q3 u5 f- _3 y3 i  q1 f9 H9 f> wait.