Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
; K+ m# Z! ]* ]2 h' c: P9 j5 K* N> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
  d* ]+ u+ P/ h8 A9 |) [, @> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
+ Y  T, g- {& L- M3 T> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> 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
/ U$ Z! R5 {1 v& J7 {. f  {> 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
> anticipation and a longing
$ {6 [. z' O8 ]# a> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
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> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
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4 R1 Z3 G3 R3 C8 d4 O2 g( D> 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.