Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
: O) N& X( ~4 ^2 e0 R  ~$ H* y> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
2 V* D, L# Z3 a& @2 j: Q, m) `( x* V> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
* U( R4 G1 G+ j# j: q" ]% r> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
  h5 t  w0 \# E' o( I, y0 a> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
* W8 @4 q) P+ l3 J8 e, M: Q> and conquered death. It is though this event where
/ h+ h' G. S3 d# E> human history was
> 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
2 V1 l4 r3 r: I, S) u> certainty based on the
. b4 x: o- L/ v/ R> 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
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
9 x4 ^6 u0 k9 C0 a& M4 L; U) j> Peace comes to our hearts
. N! F% }  j# X% b8 p> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
; o" H6 N  u; g" c3 ?> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
5 d: C6 t, P9 d: U> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
7 v" T2 h7 Z6 s0 \8 p> wait.