Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
2 `- J" ^' j" b3 G5 J6 O> and over again people tell us that they could never
" g4 Q' i/ _4 r8 d) q0 u, [1 l# A( f" u+ [> begin to understand the
' ]; Z3 O, S0 _$ c, w; Y> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
8 ^& H0 r0 U( c/ v  x* N> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
1 B0 h& ]2 ]% S/ ]> happened when God gave the
; o2 M( g  M& `4 R( [1 K8 }> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
( a/ g, M, q3 A4 k5 R> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
! C1 E1 S) \4 h7 Z> His son from the dead
3 O5 K1 e5 Y+ H( c> and conquered death. It is though this event where
4 h; g: R9 }& ~0 X& G. n> human history was
% p1 R5 f6 @# B( v7 B: F> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
& J8 _: e/ x& a) R5 A4 X+ I. s> hope. This hope, that's
8 D1 j) x) q' C& w0 Y* w> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
1 K) b$ S/ \1 V: o6 s( C> certainty based on the
0 x( k/ d* _# c( v* @, f> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
" T. b* j9 I1 C' d> anticipation and a longing
7 Z* ~3 B" L, G! H( f6 o> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
" ?' ]7 R6 U9 o2 A> 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
0 c; m1 l8 t7 |' Y> happens to me, I want
$ `( W% e( X, m) O; D> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
- z6 F) f. C/ ]$ H> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
# X4 C! n. [7 w0 }> your wish this afternoon.
>
4 Y/ X0 P( C( y; V> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
( \. D& x( W0 b) [> wait.