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
) v# s7 [/ n4 m8 ^  Y0 X> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
/ {  h* \0 L! \' J> who does understand and
4 g2 _0 W7 Z+ `> 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
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
0 z  f2 h/ G. f; g+ P> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
5 g( V( m: W/ @* D3 T> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
6 }  [/ P( n% T+ P# p1 H> certainty based on the
9 Y+ r$ ^- i) i' _> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
% A' h" A$ I2 v% ]7 c> anticipation and a longing
$ r$ e1 u/ [" g( @> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
. R+ u, x/ N  I% A2 I: z- ^3 V+ w> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
0 V8 `' S( G. [- G* }9 S+ l> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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, K2 X9 i! b* t  @) g/ B3 q> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
( _& r8 v( X( k4 a$ O% E> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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- j, B: s! Z. p3 i4 [9 _> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
6 Y4 n5 |; @- q> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.