Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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( Z) I/ ?, K+ ]/ m6 h1 N> and over again people tell us that they could never
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> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
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> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
) y" H3 @$ [2 u) f5 h. D7 X' D6 r> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
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> human history was
' T: l; {* ]" E$ c: k) f' N5 t> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
5 y7 q. ^- [, n' D5 i" G> hope. This hope, that's
  N' U4 B/ E8 n) T8 F; M& V> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
6 K* Q+ F$ J" H5 e/ L! O> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
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> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
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> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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: A: v% V9 C5 Q0 j, j5 F+ D# Y> 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."
>
# Z  J9 X' T0 a% S3 r5 X8 J- a> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.