Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
& x7 [. G, O* [> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
$ O. s9 |# a6 w8 ^+ k+ W> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
$ p# e# ^  w) e+ }  w+ z! o2 p> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
4 M$ n7 G, ?: t> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
0 X5 Y$ ^$ j3 @. D> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
- X6 z0 {  x& f* r& D/ g/ l  i, ^> hope. This hope, that's
6 M: O" W3 c1 X0 K# z' C5 D! I, B> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
* |9 j" x. d( M3 h5 }> certainty based on the
4 g: C5 L* a; J: w> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
5 ^; T" I/ A- v# H' h! \( Y> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
' S% S' m3 S+ X! X> 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.
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& [- \5 S& Y. M+ G: \% j> 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."
>
( O$ `3 g$ e- Z5 c: Y, ]! v, x> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
8 S+ A9 t+ Z( i% I: x& M5 M> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.