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
* T$ c: h  s8 R+ P4 V> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
1 n. P" s- k/ \  I: G* b+ R  ]) N> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
- r8 M( B+ S& J- z- E. N> happened when God gave the
, [$ I, c8 p4 B& n+ V2 T: Z> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
) H  R6 K: R2 _> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
6 F' b; X$ R1 _7 p( ^> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
* y  M* `6 K% B> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
+ Y7 p# @9 b' ]* H+ \> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
+ b, @& K* F) F) g9 F4 f( ^6 N3 W# a/ {> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
& Q8 ~3 P: Y/ j" v  {> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
- y* \! P6 }* f% G8 U0 w+ j4 L> It is this hope that
6 b  N2 B! N/ E) q: z2 E! s> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
5 v* C) L! c2 o  l> Peace comes to our hearts
. m2 r. J; B2 {+ Z1 P> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
) ?% V1 \; n' P( K1 s5 N' a> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
8 C1 f+ T) E  d4 X> happens to me, I want
3 ^/ K, Q) X( O* Q' m) Q> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
9 D+ t; @6 S, D+ _$ d+ S>
) y% k+ j! E- v# X> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
# M$ p' Q  H8 t5 B$ Z> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.