Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
3 Z8 U5 F/ z% w' A; F1 R> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
* h/ j. g, J) y* \> who does understand and
% |: i0 U, S; L4 i1 a> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
' g; n4 ~7 l0 a, C0 }! s$ w> happened when God gave the
' ~" Z  q- G+ K; w> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
% q/ V5 e  ]0 Q+ D% @> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
0 ^4 l0 I+ R1 H8 U. y> His son from the dead
  Z' T: }, _, M. _9 P# v/ `- _5 l> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
, k- `; C  H$ A8 L6 t- w' m, w0 r8 F> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
; J, c7 J3 A* X0 t7 A& b> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
  F8 i4 U0 w9 ?9 Q- W; ?9 ?( \* t# @: R> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
* y3 Y# P6 H8 h> anticipation and a longing
> 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
4 m/ g1 f  E8 s- Q> Peace comes to our hearts
* w- i. P$ ~# E> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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7 I2 [# q$ _  O% j/ d> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
% T9 P/ n. i2 x( d> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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: T5 O& C7 ~4 ~0 o6 s/ `+ n> 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
; p/ }4 o( S5 w1 U; v7 B! @> wait.