Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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  ^! E; i. c8 C* L' @> and over again people tell us that they could never
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> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
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> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
. f# p' T: y6 I3 y> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
9 Z' D# P& \# L2 K> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
% J0 Z+ o9 \8 B! j- R> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
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8 \2 p+ n3 q% s* ~4 o& w> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
: `( |% K0 \- y+ y> It is this hope that
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1 K1 E% D" L& w$ w# K> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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( C9 U: k" |, C9 {3 n; ^; e6 M> 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."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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3 Q/ q5 F, }4 U4 C5 v  r> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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