Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
. c# y& ^% L+ m% |) |( |> 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
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; q$ j7 `% E% o3 J5 N> 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
2 t$ g  `0 @5 n8 m2 }> His son from the dead
! m& C9 J, c' x7 W/ P> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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( B4 w5 i; D2 @& O> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
( q. c2 S  I8 ]/ F3 [> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
9 R1 j3 o# z+ a, x> 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
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
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) h/ L! W) d5 P+ ^; m> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> 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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