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 W' k$ H4 u9 U! I* q) P, s/ Z" |> begin to understand the
8 _1 t, A: r+ w* r, a2 A> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
& B; n8 M6 D& \, T- m4 u) g> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
, M7 W' M5 A/ Z% N' @0 j( k> 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
& P( ?2 j$ R; O0 h) K> His son from the dead
- f4 j* U" S% |4 ^9 |> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> 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
6 Q6 g; D, y8 x0 `7 h& I! o: g$ D, @> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
2 M+ |/ ^$ G0 t/ \> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
0 ^8 D0 [, h) [> It is this hope that
7 P8 P* U3 E" S& C& F8 D> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
0 b: n9 Z3 ?: Q> Peace comes to our hearts
6 k- F9 X/ b8 R' e( B> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
1 ^  o7 a' M# _> happens to me, I want
& Q+ N; `" w2 C" u- v+ z> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
7 d* r4 B; k( ^. M6 f> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
% \/ f! F3 \, ^1 _/ x6 j6 _+ g: W> wait.