Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
6 h0 R# q4 @. ^9 M> and over again people tell us that they could never
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$ ^. e; b  p7 Q9 L+ n> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
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> 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
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> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
4 ^& M7 r* U6 S- I2 K, S> His son from the dead
> 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
* o6 j% E% {% Q% _+ |> certainty based on the
7 z' Y1 L' h' g" K> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
" R# _/ O+ M: u. G) h( ?+ h/ A  X> 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
; L& R8 F/ y# W5 R> Peace comes to our hearts
  g6 x, N# D; j9 |; E> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
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> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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4 G6 v/ \  P! P3 O* W  J> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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