Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
3 Q% d4 Y5 R" o9 v: x> have ever imagined. Over
* k4 U. ~+ g8 n% ]4 H- {  w> and over again people tell us that they could never
" C9 b" G3 p$ i6 j+ T6 i8 O# J6 j> begin to understand the
! h2 N# U7 [$ o' ^5 K* g# n/ i> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
: ^/ @! \; h7 l% w! o7 b> who does understand and
* b5 B; k1 y0 D, Y. @: c, Z> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
0 b1 R# I+ B, O( F1 b> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
3 K& A$ I1 I+ F* n  n* s> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
( [  b1 J+ f4 l9 W> 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
/ `* l/ _/ z6 x9 e# a5 Z6 m5 R! X- W> hope. This hope, that's
+ ?& t, [  l& T1 o/ W> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
, {% x, F5 f! |, b> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
" |" F2 ~# Y- ~1 G- D- n% @> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
- y2 ~) f$ i7 }5 g; @> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
9 ~2 J! d6 k- u( t/ ^# ?> happens to me, I want
! \) |/ V8 d. p> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
4 m9 L4 R8 b- D/ N> your wish this afternoon.
>
! O9 G& f+ |+ N. _$ W> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.