Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
) \  ^8 x( n( C7 }# X> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
- {, P2 f" r7 H1 }+ g+ Z> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
* K& Z3 ]/ N1 h+ K) C> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
" p6 K7 l0 |) t9 E> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
: B2 E  z) Z# _9 i9 a> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
) _3 v# i0 ~3 L8 U; L& }0 V> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
3 C2 o: Q) i; {5 j# A$ D& w9 v/ I* {> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
; A6 B' f0 B( Q- F% h8 g: [; }+ m> hope. This hope, that's
% T4 P7 q' W6 ]> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
. \: w8 C0 h: Y1 i! C8 _9 Y> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
1 L, n8 x# `' j1 Y2 I( n> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
4 e5 W$ q' t4 `: |> It is this hope that
) I7 t# G3 N( Y. K+ o* S% f> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
, w* f1 [1 u3 B" @9 }: r9 }# _> Peace comes to our hearts
* t' ?$ S2 x) Y# d& j1 `2 `# f> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
8 R, b( g- p: `( c  p> happens to me, I want
1 f# Z& r* i1 O1 \& h- h) Y> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
6 n0 y. E  E! L4 J> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
' u6 i; x3 L3 g- W) C$ K> wait.