Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
. B: P- N2 u( a) q  Q> have ever imagined. Over
  g2 t9 U0 Y3 }" K$ J> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
3 b* O, c* D  t8 w, C> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
0 U  X" E& ~  {$ r; V5 V. h# f* I> who does understand and
: e, s% Z0 [1 D0 |& K> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
3 p: O+ E$ i0 `0 i- p> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
3 B4 D# i9 ~; L+ W( z> 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
+ H: o6 Q, j3 }. Q> human history was
9 @2 ]4 b. {3 H6 A1 x9 P> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
* U  g% X) l$ c, ^! `% x> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
$ j  D& A( `7 g> certainty based on the
6 E  }' Z9 {4 R) B$ K5 u> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
3 k9 ^$ W1 n, @' z1 J> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
0 ^" Z2 S7 z5 M8 ^+ e* Q2 v> 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.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
4 j  X, t9 g  N7 E> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
9 }4 e, b0 q( @0 y0 o' [> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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: `6 V" @" m5 V7 Y> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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