Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
8 G' n, f( i6 Z, P! V5 j+ W% v* ^> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
2 _) e2 ?$ R# I# f5 D( y7 i5 Q( }> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
5 `9 O9 c' f6 r8 x; N$ d3 v0 y: m4 P8 {9 _> happened when God gave the
+ ]1 h; e9 {5 z: |; ?& Y> 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
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
" Z4 Z  M2 ?1 H> 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
3 ~/ z6 a- b! W> certainty based on the
% l% {+ K$ `2 H9 h> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
# |0 g' a* {* t0 e* J0 p> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
+ [9 a2 ^. i  T! z* v$ G> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
9 A1 a3 V( u1 ?% J0 g, e> Peace comes to our hearts
0 A. D& n1 J/ C9 {* \' ^> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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9 W+ I8 ^+ C9 q7 \( h, t> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
. }: y. C5 }: ^* Z, t> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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6 d& l. g/ ]* E0 w4 g& X> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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