Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
. a! W) w! D6 r0 Q> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
6 e/ i1 F/ ]! q9 ?' X# \2 G6 E> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
! B, Q& u- ^( W' N& U; v2 e. @> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
$ g) `4 Y+ {; j* G/ ?0 f- R# A> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
$ F* u" B% H2 @! x1 p( b> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
2 B# W- i; u, E> hope. This hope, that's
7 ^9 B% v" r5 Q- z' u5 y( I> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
5 i* `7 Z/ W  a, Y  b> certainty based on the
' O1 b6 h+ _+ [7 m, t> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
+ O, H7 F( i7 H' r> It is this hope that
( W$ K: Z  g; w; u; F> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
, ?/ i/ E2 k- l0 x4 b  N> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
3 p, U  P) R: \0 ]2 G> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
  Q* u: F) c  y8 H5 U4 `8 h% v> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
9 T0 {8 g: e0 `  z' g3 d> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
8 k% }' H1 i% U7 V0 A! b, B# q> wait.