Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
+ M( }9 W$ ~6 x( w> and over again people tell us that they could never
5 V) v5 J! V' a1 q0 N" c, Z> begin to understand the
" J6 J; F2 ^4 t  x2 B, L+ U> 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
> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
; ]6 q! G/ x3 L, Y. J# `3 U4 }& \) h> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
3 e; Y' U& Y# Q" R& S4 B# B( ?% g> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
0 X& L5 r/ A7 l1 O8 ?8 V% |8 U> hope. This hope, that's
/ X5 \- K- h0 A) X, p8 E> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
& M2 }, Z% f( n; L9 m3 i> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
5 c" O, V  \  a0 R! s> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
% B3 S4 n1 ?, }6 E" O2 E> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
. ^& u) }2 U# k# ]> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.