Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
* F( o! `, G* N* K4 R> and over again people tell us that they could never
2 B/ K% S2 `) R> begin to understand the
1 D) Z5 C2 m9 o> 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
; X( ^) g) k* |2 O; t' z> happened when God gave the
4 ]$ N* ]2 p( g1 z- U1 j6 U* q> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
( m. \$ `7 V9 u8 m7 o% {% @" [> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
# J! j8 b9 f$ B/ |0 v> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
1 m. y* y: E4 k0 y  l+ i* U% ]> 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
> certainty based on the
9 [7 G& Y/ n+ [+ {5 v> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
, j/ e* h) Z) l: D9 A> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
3 J- H$ n  _4 n& H7 W9 z9 [2 r6 c> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
% @1 c+ J6 \+ J& U9 F>
" J* O( e7 M9 _7 X> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
" O( ]+ t9 D* H" `  Q> happens to me, I want
. \. f4 v. m" S  R0 Q! ^& M( j> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
- l% O1 |. r# w$ F6 J/ k& M3 \> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.