Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> 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
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
- s" ]! h. s8 L( F) R* \2 Y# l1 I: i! }> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
1 V: u0 C: k/ @5 Z# @: k& {> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
8 s7 d' l4 v' L# S; i> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
$ [1 c- U9 z( ~3 g. F9 J, C> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
) H# j4 T( v5 z, X% G- t1 g+ W" s> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
' D9 C" M9 `; Z, F  O> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
0 ~4 G9 M$ c9 ?/ g0 q. e> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
( G2 C0 k' n0 J% J9 p> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
4 v$ t# S& @0 E> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
8 D! B* l- X8 t- Y2 _> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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! r1 |$ \8 S9 i5 t- s> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
* R: C% |% n) q6 {* b: C8 q> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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