Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
( `& R% K2 r" v( `+ h6 A/ T> 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
1 W- X% f& F$ B> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
0 h) e6 q2 @4 _, u- q> happened when God gave the
1 [( C- ~" n6 h+ z, k> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
7 m! E/ R; ~7 N: q& c8 O> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
# w, f- N" R6 g7 z) x) X2 }> His son from the dead
* [! f2 i- M8 W% z$ [! [$ a' a. d> and conquered death. It is though this event where
" s8 a! K  Y! A1 X$ C/ F+ r> human history was
  ]3 G6 E5 @0 k2 H> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
% w8 }! w" z4 K! ~5 b9 f7 t& c> hope. This hope, that's
8 a+ |, ~( O2 ~7 @2 Y7 A& g8 v$ r6 c> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
, w% D2 c# b& w> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
1 q  w/ `* e0 |  X1 I7 S: L+ p> anticipation and a longing
1 `. z  n/ q5 b" o> 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
* _. \1 C' h- _: f2 T) t> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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% y( [  V  x' Z1 [> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
$ G' [* D7 m" Q$ u> happens to me, I want
. ^, y; q2 M7 z" `2 ]. p/ H> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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7 _3 d2 B; c4 g: ?1 E3 }& [> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.