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
; S) u, Q0 G* A$ }& L- i> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
1 O& J+ C$ Y3 S- {1 s7 r0 }> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
$ x+ S/ S6 E5 \" ~# h5 b$ _( A> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
1 W' C* o& s! Z> sinful lives and to purchase
0 C6 W- i6 Y; D. `' x  i> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
) r" H+ A5 P5 {9 ~2 h4 }> 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
+ ]5 P2 D! S% `4 }3 M> hope. This hope, that's
' P2 F& X5 w' X# p; x+ Z& j( P! z> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
> 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.
4 o7 |/ W8 m0 p7 L1 E3 |0 `> It is this hope that
% y; L' c+ f4 G7 `% h> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
# ~" T( }  e$ Q5 M) a! i# b6 y> 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
> happens to me, I want
5 L. S0 j# ]. g5 i1 ?% K) ^2 O> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
8 R( A' W0 b4 E- {2 F& b> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
! b9 ]2 S1 v5 b6 V+ p' ]> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.