Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
; s. w$ V( @+ B> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
$ ]& f* X: [" A( E/ I% W6 v5 ^1 ]> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
" r) P5 q, A' [+ L) q/ o6 O> 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
- a# u* F% ]3 d+ W% D# p1 N& }, P9 x2 h> sinful lives and to purchase
7 B& x" y! Q6 E0 {4 X> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
4 L+ t7 G# L/ }' K0 N2 B> His son from the dead
0 d6 R3 M: U' Z3 W6 W> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
6 n2 e0 z7 t0 Y7 m4 ^* f> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
1 I- q( W$ m! S4 ]) m4 w> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
2 C5 R9 P4 \4 J& r* a/ Z& T> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
1 ]8 v9 `- u3 {1 N" O) ~! H/ D> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
+ n0 W: e2 q4 o> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
5 l( ]* q5 w$ y> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
  x# g7 b2 o- m> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
$ N# x  o4 ^% |: ~0 u' M> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.