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
" Y% w2 @# g0 L* {3 @. N9 {, s2 i> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
& E6 Z8 G) Z( ^8 y3 _. `- y+ M! t> who does understand and
6 Y8 ^6 Q9 E% c> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
$ d+ i. z) ^) j% k' V. K, `> happened when God gave the
! l  \1 e- M3 W1 n7 y> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
! c# w0 L! K; n5 q. k> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
0 d+ R9 w5 Y+ v# l; X2 v> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
3 ]' p  W* a6 F. d$ S> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
. j9 p# z8 ?8 f9 H2 v' n* b> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
7 p- v% C1 e2 E8 z2 C> certainty based on the
( B  @$ W5 j% X4 o: U* w> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
/ E# w/ k/ u: i+ y- q# E> anticipation and a longing
, m& l- X3 ]+ F> 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
; f( N$ z- ^4 t1 F; c8 |* [8 k> Peace comes to our hearts
1 Z; R- Y% h5 K' N> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> 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."
. t* ^& y) ^4 @" X  X" v- q>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
1 K# w6 o- V' ?% n) X> your wish this afternoon.
>
. D3 Q' t9 Z$ t, T3 c> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
& _3 w* \3 ?+ q; G> wait.