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
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- a# D  n7 \; Y> 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
4 n* o4 Y0 h, Z: U; Z> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
5 {; O( ^! q! H3 ^6 q9 _> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
# R1 O* M4 `* X9 I2 I# Y( D( R  T> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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4 K* @0 Y* K! z' T7 a3 h> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
! P' g/ O- Y! K6 C- d5 d" f> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
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> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
2 ?' L8 f/ p, b> 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
; _" r( l& h1 b& M" C> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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5 }# B: l/ n7 y3 h1 H# x> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
3 R" Z5 z/ E) ?8 `* J. |$ _8 Q> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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8 V  P9 B& `5 ?) v1 u9 W> 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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