Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
: @' d. w1 k. s, f> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
2 d" J. e+ v( w# M8 F- a> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
/ \0 \& i+ z! p+ d( E% }5 Y. }> happened when God gave the
! k! n  w- R( F& Z6 D> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
. K) ^" g- _5 S# {3 L: k* A5 n3 j> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
% F' t3 M9 U" s: G( \# k) }> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
  E  l7 M  J4 B> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
' w* O" N1 j, i& o# e, X> certainty based on the
' ^3 p% U, o3 }$ @( B> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
( c5 }# ^6 `2 S: Z$ w> anticipation and a longing
! ]; A; S5 z2 I. N, w! a> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
6 V" m0 T0 A/ m> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
" v6 D% L' B% q' e# t> 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
( Y# n" [. {: T8 T+ E, H0 J. z> happens to me, I want
( h! I' Y3 u# O4 k> 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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