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The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could3 R; w1 z0 M& R
> have ever imagined. Over+ t% \$ S% Y$ k# ]
> and over again people tell us that they could never0 k. r2 K8 u% I2 E* ~. n. W: K
> begin to understand the
. g' n9 N8 i( d9 G8 G0 A" O" B: ?> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
$ \ i( E) r) J( h6 P> who does understand and
3 p0 C+ \7 o! @ h( T> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It# n+ f0 @ j% X* h+ T- L6 R% d
> happened when God gave the
, g7 ^* i$ l2 t4 H! H> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
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> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised H5 t9 h. f* r% I3 s6 d
> His son from the dead4 \* @' j+ n8 i; M! Q; x4 @! t
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
7 f. E9 F" z( v7 s> human history was
% @2 {7 x& b# S) \ H> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
5 v0 }7 k" |& A/ J> hope. This hope, that's- o* M) |; R2 X l) B* @
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
2 b% R F# ]8 g1 G( _0 {* g A> certainty based on the" f8 h3 _( E9 w ^
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
7 p% X {8 [0 @. j1 Y> anticipation and a longing. _- b" G# Q! W1 o
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
4 X9 W1 m% W2 Z- X3 O> It is this hope that
' H) y6 M% s- K1 M% z8 z> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of0 q& c t+ Y; `3 U
> Peace comes to our hearts
% A+ f% H9 X3 @3 p, e9 T5 P> and says to be still and know that I am God.4 s+ }% e' L* |. W7 `: e
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. |" R$ ~5 d3 y1 g> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever$ |6 g6 a! A! f) R0 `' j. h6 S. b
> happens to me, I want0 d0 A! {2 L! [$ O* f
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."% K& ]4 u; B! N- C# A* ]% x3 f
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# Y" Z! k6 D' x! z6 P> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
/ q& Z3 q7 _: ]& r/ k> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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