Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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7 Z4 R8 L  q( A> and over again people tell us that they could never
/ P, P. g# t) F3 m> begin to understand the
0 q# }% J5 x6 K; k4 [- W5 u> 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
8 E3 j! K# J% O  y% J3 o> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
' v' j7 [8 t; e- r9 O8 W> His son from the dead
- N! }' T6 q3 s# E> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
, j1 h' y5 H. q! a> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
( B4 Z$ {. M5 [* |# o1 G> certainty based on the
* @2 @6 s* n- {  ?> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
# S0 p/ `8 Q7 ^: o0 O> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
. |/ r; }9 y: C8 e- X' J! u> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
: J5 r) j6 j: k> Peace comes to our hearts
( ?0 S1 C8 f( [/ x8 g/ A! G$ C> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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! _5 P8 S( @7 _& l8 T  z7 f> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
7 T4 t' `5 B0 M+ a* A/ \) Q/ y- e8 L: B> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
6 ]9 i' O9 o) V% ~% P$ ^# L> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.