Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
4 h" M/ q# L, S# {* O; o> have ever imagined. Over
7 u2 f! u* M1 n6 y3 J> 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
> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
' @3 w0 o( o9 ?5 R6 l% X> happened when God gave the
% R4 {2 p0 k7 B1 ]> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
. D2 z) b7 c/ v7 F4 q  E) `> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
6 j; U5 W( S: S% w3 p' v% S6 L> human history was
0 J9 X  z2 ?) ~" a# r7 w& @% g- A> 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
) i: |1 A# C: a& [5 X" K$ B> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
% b  m  A1 t( Q1 d4 ?- y0 Y  G* D6 ~> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
1 @3 _. C9 k# l5 l, Y> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
7 q  E* i: `1 n- b* [4 l> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
3 S4 f4 b5 P0 M9 Y8 ]$ a> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
) E/ \' b" }9 [) D" g8 q> happens to me, I want
: D6 j  P) ]! V3 ]2 U# [> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
5 ^7 [  g. B# Z3 X  l: _  q> your wish this afternoon.
>
) n: r& o( j' o# ^. Q> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.