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
9 Q2 f. P8 |- \> begin to understand the
, w8 o; E/ I. {# A- T& O: q- Y> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
9 f" G1 x& {7 _) D# u> 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
: R" x  L5 R, I* g+ `> sinful lives and to purchase
9 |0 H9 t' I6 ^5 O> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
  o% p! ?3 c' G  I9 Z5 Z> human history was
8 Q) p! u5 V7 a. i" {> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
9 i% C# H& e$ p5 I! x> certainty based on the
0 A# n/ ~% o) ]> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
' Y& J& K/ y* i& ^> anticipation and a longing
1 E. r1 B) m( ]4 i& _8 x> 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
, i; J4 T/ O3 o4 o> Peace comes to our hearts
. X$ k, {2 e" y( v( z> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
  a$ f# U9 v+ O8 K4 Q8 E2 O7 ^> 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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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
; q9 X; S8 A2 v( d; I5 D> wait.