Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
) K4 ~6 O9 O# R/ r- k> and over again people tell us that they could never
* i+ F1 d& s# q% x> 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
8 G0 i6 h( k3 K, R0 [> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
( i- m7 Z% C* V/ W" Y( i3 H* P> sinful lives and to purchase
+ v2 L" `! T2 ^8 a3 ^' V1 M, j> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
7 N* t9 V2 I3 i> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
  O2 u' R- x# l: C9 J  C1 g% D> 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
: U# o' N% j3 a: i; O> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
5 l: P$ T- `- `2 T0 a" A( S> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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5 N2 q. ^. W; [* L& C' v7 `> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
) @& @8 p. L" O7 K+ W> happens to me, I want
# L6 J, Y( C" W7 I> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
6 [" T5 ^1 I8 t$ A( q8 s1 ?> your wish this afternoon.
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/ I; u4 R+ ~% N> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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