Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
% {: a0 E% I4 N% c2 X  T> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
/ @( x$ U& u1 K> who does understand and
1 _7 O9 C6 W% [6 Y1 S> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
5 o3 _6 s6 z6 _: h# e! T6 U9 U' w> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
: B. ?; M3 K7 k# Y1 t* o> sinful lives and to purchase
9 N/ u, H! Z4 x> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
2 s0 z8 z: F3 G: g> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
! O! F4 F) k8 i! x4 M7 b> human history was
6 e" f5 H: v5 x0 W/ [> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
1 H7 i+ M+ x- f, W/ v> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
5 b# z! v' Q) ?- N, f3 |> 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.
> 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.
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> 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."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
7 C9 h/ O' j+ t! v+ @* e> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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