Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> 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
> who does understand and
, ]; S' K1 \3 e1 V! h& I- z+ F> 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
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
: d+ o. ?% E% ?> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
& V3 E7 K, W8 |) c; |> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
$ ~) p" n# U. Q9 v( t* U& ~; B> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
# {, h7 ^! J$ c+ g- p  V: `; ^> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
6 k# n+ k1 J1 ?: }+ O: f* [$ o> anticipation and a longing
6 f$ m5 E6 E; a* G: n> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
( l8 r4 V- {% h> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
" M' j0 V$ H+ [1 P9 b> Peace comes to our hearts
8 i, u! i2 g" G" V+ ?, {) f- X> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
0 M  X  J/ T1 \1 S$ @2 {3 I' I> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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* I4 w3 u. @7 p+ Y> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.