Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
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! N0 N0 M* M3 K5 a; X3 i# f1 a> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
9 _+ ?( C  ^; r- D3 w: G> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
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> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
; z1 G: b6 p9 B9 I" d' H# w9 X+ M> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
* k0 T9 X$ E; i> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
. R# S) T9 S9 f9 D2 I% J6 Q> certainty based on the
% F: i% f$ `  T9 F> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
8 y0 c! r; G! R0 a1 T> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
6 ~- P8 ^" R% Z* w) h% \, P* x> It is this hope that
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> Peace comes to our hearts
8 \5 ^9 O3 @0 p: N% Q* f> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
  p* ^; M9 D/ Q: }: M8 ]- N> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.