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
> 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
1 q6 f! |/ L( l> sinful lives and to purchase
- U2 P0 z* h) L. G9 b> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
1 @" @* i, F7 G6 E2 o8 G7 X> His son from the dead
$ g7 C, d4 u( o* U6 E> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
5 E( Z4 F# M0 K! u- T# F2 H- W> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
1 s5 p5 l( {7 |6 i. M6 l2 W> hope. This hope, that's
1 P* S7 B8 |& o) W> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
  ^7 W% n: r) d) w5 f> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
- N8 G, U* Y- R) y" N- i, t! K$ F> 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
> Peace comes to our hearts
; p: z: \' W' {6 E* n> 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
; L( m% Y( s, U7 N) o> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
+ i' J, C; l; r7 E9 F5 J> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.