Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
1 {8 D6 r  W3 L' E- z> and over again people tell us that they could never
. Y4 m/ B9 c4 K> 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
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
6 c* I7 |+ d0 j0 k4 r0 b> 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
. S: F' I* V' G/ |, e0 @> hope. This hope, that's
+ P! e: C3 u, b, q  {> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
( ?1 B( o/ B& L" U, f> certainty based on the
% s) b1 T! h- E9 k7 N+ w1 A( ^% d) |% }> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
8 ^- o; q& h+ P- x! [> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
& U6 [' d$ m; Y7 p+ F> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
6 L$ X( o7 v  n6 Q> Peace comes to our hearts
0 G5 d( \- Y* C/ U3 A+ L> 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
6 n. k' N9 {: Y0 C> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
# t0 l6 _1 a7 _. L> your wish this afternoon.
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, n  t4 r" ?6 M/ e6 p2 q> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.