Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
- T" a/ c4 M3 @: [) G7 K$ j& d* i> have ever imagined. Over
+ H  b  r' I5 c4 h> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
* c" `2 S5 g' |5 |. {> 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
5 t0 p. r, X, @" g2 x> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
! b: s# i4 Y9 G( p& x- M3 V> and conquered death. It is though this event where
9 M* f- U. C4 h% B8 W2 m> human history was
$ {" m: f- o5 j7 x9 t! y> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
5 e5 i' H8 P9 i% h0 [1 v' E> hope. This hope, that's
. @! i1 h* j% ^4 O> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
1 z" R5 h. r1 M: }6 U1 A* i& u> certainty based on the
9 |+ \7 t  P  Y; `+ F> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
+ x& U  L# J- e> anticipation and a longing
( J! v0 \& r5 o> 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
> Peace comes to our hearts
5 ]; T' h8 A1 e+ H1 Y> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
' ]9 k0 i. z/ ]6 v( t> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
: ?2 z. f) k2 Z> happens to me, I want
4 p( `* g: N3 S9 y& k; Y> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
& W$ Y& T1 G/ |+ l* `0 h> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
, M4 r6 E- a$ w* W; m% A' `> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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