Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
  E8 T* v5 g' O> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
: b* B8 Y/ }1 r# R  C' c/ }7 y' a> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
: H; s# x( V6 z3 `$ r> sinful lives and to purchase
' [9 a- h& i# f2 z$ p> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
! x7 C  b1 K- S8 ]6 p1 r5 X> His son from the dead
- x1 X' J0 A1 Y' z0 x+ q2 Q> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
; U7 z" }/ b+ n9 _& C> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
" |1 n* C6 h; o4 s2 C. B" q> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
- r4 m- p+ {9 Y( C6 k- S0 ^: v> certainty based on the
- _8 ]9 g: H/ t1 M- J0 f. p) o> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
3 i/ O' k8 H4 `> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
0 ~2 Q# y; R! A. C& \( l> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
3 i- I7 j2 e1 [; ~+ b" t> Peace comes to our hearts
( s4 i  w3 x- i: _> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
; r, h. ?! o& G- d+ f> 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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> 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
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