Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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  @8 G, L7 M' t+ S) m+ [> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
" l: a. b0 l/ }- m> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
4 R  J+ e$ z/ Z) ]1 M4 i> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
1 u, C6 L4 w. c4 G* v> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
( N3 _  ~5 j( W1 P2 W' u7 d> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
( J& ~, J5 K" ^' d! _0 w> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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& w! {% h. k/ X> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
4 R6 o; W7 Q1 q> hope. This hope, that's
# a8 a2 F* e2 ~, ]/ ~  G4 a> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
$ E7 [8 y# g6 s> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
> 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
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> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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" y$ P& E; A( w4 a> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
) v5 X, F4 Z* o  E+ i> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
, @9 i5 [3 @7 `3 a" H6 Y> your wish this afternoon.
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5 f" N4 C. `3 ?0 Q. o% @0 u> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.