Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
. X* ]& }9 P7 h4 V> have ever imagined. Over
; T9 d/ l! Z" I" Y. {> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
4 |4 d" z( O1 x7 Z4 T' m, C& _> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
8 M4 N0 x3 s/ _> who does understand and
. g" I' a% K% Q4 I> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
( N4 R5 s1 D( s" s* t4 U$ t> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
) A/ |; w* g. K% s9 p- p" h! b> sinful lives and to purchase
$ d$ N9 p. K. x( |+ T> 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
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
, [9 f  A% l- ?5 B+ m% _9 K* A> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
  r$ b3 {8 c3 p  c0 O> certainty based on the
* `1 D  X, i. G* G> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
* _& E( c- ]4 Z% V* h> 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
) Z# A; E. m( F2 d! s> Peace comes to our hearts
" u+ v( U% @# z+ T( L. q; z' D> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
' H' C# ]$ h% y> happens to me, I want
% o/ d$ ]- w/ ^* M5 E> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.