Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
- j7 C: H; `5 {8 ]> have ever imagined. Over
1 M" E: w+ \& l0 C. N> and over again people tell us that they could never
2 @! S0 V* L6 d> begin to understand the
. ?& G2 n0 V9 M6 i$ H; D7 f> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
( f+ t9 \/ j2 k5 V6 y> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
; K& Q) w2 f9 E) n- a$ L> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
) t4 M9 @2 s# \> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
7 u6 v- I5 H4 o  S: H6 _6 F> His son from the dead
( _, y5 N2 a+ B6 H/ }; _% w6 o1 ?8 v> and conquered death. It is though this event where
" @/ N& c% U' S# U( N& ]4 N3 Z> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
0 H2 u9 O" k6 H) z> hope. This hope, that's
1 E' [/ G* \5 y( U4 w> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
# e3 g" k* s7 t+ a> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
' y- p- ?* w4 j3 h1 H3 j7 y> anticipation and a longing
# \/ X- K+ M  A% k> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
: R9 ~& B4 F7 U' r" U& l5 {" O> It is this hope that
& p# Z1 n9 Z' g' ~! B> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
6 ^7 q* f) U+ I% x6 U> 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."
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. B0 G$ r! g6 q# {! X, n( Q> 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
> wait.