Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
0 f# _, ?' l  @9 D  ?( W) u& x5 _> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
" @5 u) {7 C8 I8 z" V3 m+ Z, t> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
" j( ^2 K1 e  |5 r, m1 G> 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
0 L* x. `& l: ^! J6 }- b> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
% W- y+ }2 |: B. w; |6 j! z0 G> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
& K( v6 b2 @# y3 x; A8 Z> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
7 ]% [- K6 Q0 Q, O> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
/ j" g0 o$ E8 Q  e9 {> 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
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
  J3 M% S' f$ k0 W> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
. N9 D: g0 y1 r$ _3 Q8 H> your wish this afternoon.
& H; b% n  L; K% Y+ D' P5 J>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.