Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
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: `* T  s" ]; I. {: t> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
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3 T9 ^+ ~- `1 S> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
" K  P! H& J' z0 _- X> happened when God gave the
& b/ f; }1 q: \8 q! \  r! E> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
9 Q# A% }$ P6 v+ y3 D' @! k; U; d> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
+ v  r0 \, {1 b+ w7 f) _$ {2 I& O> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
3 n' t( b- T* Z> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
" X' }* c" _" T, M6 k5 h7 c> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
0 c8 s: D5 M  z) J4 c) H; C> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
3 F5 r! m& n* j- u# d! J> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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6 x/ d) z  n% \1 W4 i> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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