Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
# P0 R4 ~# w" c! E3 J9 o: f> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
2 E. o2 @7 \) G; U0 |# z> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
8 L- B) z2 n, F3 C' H! s& c  n# `4 Y> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
. [& n1 n, }2 ~> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
& c# W, Q+ J+ m7 [* v9 ?> sinful lives and to purchase
0 J& p) v, [# P+ B0 o> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
8 d5 B0 z6 m, J7 X) f> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
, e2 P, P* Y6 ~4 M' t! P3 `! P5 G> human history was
2 z  k$ N& l& v/ N9 O7 L- T> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
6 E5 A! Z! g4 |+ m5 X3 p8 l$ `& A> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
6 a9 |1 n( U9 A' Q) k> certainty based on the
! z! g; @* P/ s, b8 }5 W> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
* k# Z) V, i) ?; w  S, X6 d* q> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
( p3 E  }6 n, i) b: o> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
$ @# k  _5 y" v7 S5 G: d; `> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
( i# g: i7 E) Y4 E4 _> 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."
5 X; @0 V, e5 A>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
, U$ N3 B. Y2 ?% t3 A# H- G> your wish this afternoon.
>
- E% e+ y6 h. H; U2 ^6 h6 O> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
% i  [: Y/ h2 q7 L# T6 s# o> wait.