Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
( H/ d' H: ]) S. V> and over again people tell us that they could never
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# l0 h7 M- Q4 m- q+ ?( h( U5 U> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
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' M- x! {# Y0 ]- Z) i, |$ o1 R> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
" i0 B: P; J& n' L! W> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
. l5 l: t( D" s8 u> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
( z# k" r; A/ `$ y> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
3 _% m. E! J( i: y- O8 G7 ~% Y> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
. r3 L) y  R6 I> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
, @  u, p$ I* A8 V( n" p' P/ _> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
0 c1 b# |4 r  ?> 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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1 S  m) w9 L8 a. X1 `# H> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
0 A& G' B' E! ?' U4 _! S/ [> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.