Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
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> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
* E0 N( s6 T/ X; f9 ]4 y1 V6 F3 K> happened when God gave the
5 q8 c" M, X% U# X# w. S> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
9 ?) P0 W2 F- ]> sinful lives and to purchase
$ @  y9 w( Z) q> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
* {, P1 C& |% I8 {% @2 [> 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
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
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> 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.
> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
' h: {  n  D. t> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
' O+ e' v& x# r. C1 _> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
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> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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>
! \  L% c0 P0 f! {9 u0 O> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.