Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
. T9 U7 W/ m) f4 @> and over again people tell us that they could never
6 M+ p; B  e/ ^> begin to understand the
3 C! Z: n, a& J1 [> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
+ L% n- P0 e+ y4 ?1 i> who does understand and
' Q7 K: c7 m4 m2 y* `> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
  r/ N- U% j+ T2 o> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
/ W" K4 v7 E+ |5 k' e! a; o> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
7 H$ x: [0 C9 j" k- ?> His son from the dead
4 O' a2 Z$ N! P! J5 R' `' `0 s: q> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
2 E8 V' y/ A; b3 M5 }  C> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
6 U9 j8 X# l5 f( p5 p> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
2 {+ c  h: H4 [$ M6 ]> certainty based on the
! R, j9 P5 e, }> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
6 u( K3 F6 y) S' n7 R! L4 U> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
( e* {# L1 c+ p0 F- C. R9 K> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
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> 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."
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1 m- \) _" [  q; e( U! R) z> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
8 `4 C! g8 E1 ?2 O> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
$ h7 p, B- G+ Y8 i> wait.