Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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2 h, e' [# J+ ?5 V, {  [/ @/ z- U> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
6 p, B" I+ p% i9 \, 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
> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
" K: }) N* ~1 z$ z  I> sinful lives and to purchase
* B' }! r( o# t7 e& G/ }> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
/ C) J$ |: a, s$ b1 d) T> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
% a& Z! \+ c( Q* u> hope. This hope, that's
> 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
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> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
( z0 @% T. S( T/ a- W% V+ r$ a6 S> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
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> 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
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5 g) R) [" @1 q3 _0 v: M' C> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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$ [0 R0 T  n1 w> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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