Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
' \2 ~4 Y+ {: ]( c; x1 A, r- B8 y> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
8 F4 e2 U# ~  p& d3 p2 a3 Z) A> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
# x5 [. ]0 g8 Y) b, g> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
; U2 `/ u, i1 M8 c; @$ h4 @) w$ k> sinful lives and to purchase
/ u9 {5 q! Y5 ]3 N> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
. {% |' e0 t3 c5 l8 }! J% r  c, H2 f> human history was
! X4 `4 d" Q: r> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
$ {. {$ E5 @8 x3 f& @+ ^% x> hope. This hope, that's
  w3 O5 a4 ?( O  u! w2 t: U$ ^> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
9 M0 O( }! G7 o: K" W: \- F> certainty based on the
; i- x: i) I0 e" C( H' \) x4 L> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
7 W. r3 q% c7 y> anticipation and a longing
/ I( ^" l. ]; b- m9 J> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
- ^; E, w5 |8 e  e0 \' H> It is this hope that
2 A2 v9 g9 P8 U. V> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
* p; |7 a8 |) |- l2 }' z> Peace comes to our hearts
$ c4 m1 i8 [0 `+ T2 ]- K/ A> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> 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."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
* {2 G8 n+ I7 f$ I! R> your wish this afternoon.
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1 T# B( H2 Q& W0 J> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.