Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
6 j/ \4 U5 J3 [; `9 e/ _> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
0 Y2 A" y) l% A" `! U* F> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
: O4 P1 T8 p9 u5 a+ ~3 q> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
! {/ V( J4 _- F( s> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
/ I* O8 B# k% i6 M. m/ L6 T" e> sinful lives and to purchase
; ^* [$ J/ E6 U2 E$ A> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
$ P: k' M7 @+ R& u> His son from the dead
  H5 j( _6 G$ `" m5 b/ t> and conquered death. It is though this event where
% @/ G! y  X" d9 e' w8 l> human history was
) W% G7 y5 i2 _. P8 b) m> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
7 f' v% s( ^# p; h9 ]> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
5 ]! E; F% Z5 L% e1 s8 J9 e> certainty based on the
, D8 E, M, L2 x) x8 D> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
$ |' S  T+ x" p- r* ?> 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.
>
2 x7 f- |' s" ^" r> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
+ a) F9 K. p  n9 }# H9 E: M9 Q  Z> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> 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
> wait.