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
> 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
> happened when God gave the
, g7 ^* i$ l2 t4 H! H> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
0 m& N+ b. [* K/ |9 z& Q$ j9 r  s> 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
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
> 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
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
7 p% X  {8 [0 @. j1 Y> anticipation and a longing
> 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 of
> 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.
>
. |" R$ ~5 d3 y1 g> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
# 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
+ y5 ^8 ]9 P7 Y0 Q& d" \2 \> wait.