Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
& g/ R! d% d8 F> have ever imagined. Over
+ H; ^# ?: C, a+ F' B> and over again people tell us that they could never
3 N# `9 H4 S: s> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
# y  Q% B, U# f" h" H> who does understand and
) f' I% d! V& W  `% p> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
! d; S) E8 b0 W( R4 h* n> happened when God gave the
$ j: l. h% \, q- l> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> 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
( u* X0 y! v$ z> certainty based on the
3 `/ S$ r! t# E9 O> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
. B3 A7 k# z" p3 ]> anticipation and a longing
2 U- ~8 ?% t  @! `# P> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
* k& o, ]+ f$ u: d2 {> It is this hope that
( u! Y) a% R5 X9 l1 ?: w> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
  h$ m8 G% C5 N) n, y; L  m> 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
# X/ f9 d9 i  _9 G, \> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
" _$ k, l& u1 k( U$ L' u# ]> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
, L. x0 I' L0 \5 i8 e% ~6 y/ N> wait.