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
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6 e8 J) w) z# G- y, g% y> 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
> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> 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
: B( B, m, _8 [5 `2 M" M  Y> hope. This hope, that's
9 }0 w6 W& S! _+ _+ L) j> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
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2 ~' j' Y/ r% s) m> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
3 V: o  v: m. F6 D> anticipation and a longing
7 e& `. X4 R- S7 B/ _# g* ]  E( q. G> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
: G# K9 J: F: {: Z> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
3 e# S; G; P" g7 Z. {. y: a> Peace comes to our hearts
1 ~! w) F* \+ P, Z# r) r> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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$ A- a2 M! N" `6 Y> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
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> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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. m) ^8 X3 L2 G> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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