Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
% U: j$ b  q. L! G6 g> have ever imagined. Over
4 }0 r+ }6 O0 e# j4 ~> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
0 L* \: ]  }% q- K> 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
/ {# E1 F3 k  U( E7 V> happened when God gave the
8 K* e- F9 B' m> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
3 y' X* u3 {7 V8 f: j' Z> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
) B* G/ A% {" d2 {> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
) c, N* @; |2 C8 k> human history was
5 s6 e8 q3 q- Q, m& B8 c> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
- a* N* ~4 @; d% @% A> hope. This hope, that's
/ X8 D3 p* i6 o* `5 A9 ]% K> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
. C  n6 X& p# O: {4 l+ ?> anticipation and a longing
5 h/ B1 Z4 G' T. A> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
* Q" C5 X8 X7 n% P3 t0 Q> 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.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
0 \  w. ]7 p; M4 o. U' M> happens to me, I want
( k0 e$ E% @' m& N4 {> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
! g& u6 H( ~, l# J- p> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
& O( c, d* P* \7 E! y% W> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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