Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
1 Q$ i1 J" `7 x( o4 T. ]1 o9 H> and over again people tell us that they could never
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> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
8 H8 m* I, A$ B( {- y" v4 R/ {> who does understand and
. ?5 ~  ]3 F) ^$ T> 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
, A$ A$ y' E" j> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
1 ]) Q! b6 F7 K7 H( z8 t> His son from the dead
3 F, |' f# @6 S' _> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
5 R. O: V! E, m" E6 q- Q- V' W( q> hope. This hope, that's
8 j; |% Z8 M3 ]> 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
) Z# L) U8 B' P/ f> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
, n0 E/ P/ r  G> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
4 y9 M) d* ?1 C( ]& [> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
8 i  V) J" ~% j) @  ]# V> 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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# Q; [- j  J2 V> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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