Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
/ X4 F$ }3 ~8 g9 D> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
2 A+ {9 S$ M' u> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
$ h, I4 J2 l$ |7 ~5 x8 N> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
4 _1 K7 }' |! `3 `1 D1 c/ H. g> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
! x+ @6 U$ m+ f! [, I6 s- U) ^> His son from the dead
4 g5 L8 ~; n! u+ o. j+ {> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
6 {8 ], W+ v/ D* L; U9 M> hope. This hope, that's
% G6 @$ ^9 V$ n( W4 v" Z> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
- N8 H. ~7 w* J- \8 L' W> certainty based on the
  r: n8 O3 A7 P> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
/ K- d+ P/ j* D& }' E4 l> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
$ S* Q- I4 W5 c" G% d- g> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
; Y' e# w9 O6 v0 a> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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5 e0 y9 Z! [$ u5 J1 x7 v> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
7 g0 Y- ?9 L% N> happens to me, I want
. A) _# Y5 `1 I% N> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
2 E* h8 m! I$ R> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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- ?& h* X6 }0 {: k> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
" r9 y. u% a( d* h- S- A) h> wait.