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
  o' q( K0 g! f4 V8 y# d> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
# b$ ?$ i- A5 v; y4 c> who does understand and
- D' i# A# E* t4 c> 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
: b, D/ h+ a' O  D> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
0 i- m( I7 r, H( J" @, c* g> His son from the dead
$ X/ x: z/ j, h> and conquered death. It is though this event where
* N/ F' A, v6 r> human history was
! `) V7 c9 j! i6 D8 ?% a> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
1 W: c: D% v* \: L5 K> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
2 M/ D& w- P) y3 F: `9 B> certainty based on the
0 h- ?; B, o7 K: T% i$ c> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
1 H! y# T7 P! ^8 Q' R> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
* ~8 W& Z# o2 S% Q% o> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
* @: q+ s. B, l) t* ^& L> Peace comes to our hearts
1 Z) X& D# X& H+ F# D) [> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
/ g7 D/ }4 c4 |& j6 F1 l> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
, g  K! x# R& u) f. o5 t  [4 x> happens to me, I want
* `5 Q( [+ f7 [# i7 ]" y. x> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
; Y) q8 d6 l- w6 ?3 y& X> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
5 `) P) ^- X0 i# ~" d% g& n3 i> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
, C. X: d4 B- w> wait.