Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
; `/ ]3 K4 ^, R> 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
( N* J- o4 Y' a3 Q# t> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
# t2 T" O, ]- L4 {* O7 |> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
* W3 z: @- a# B> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
; T1 P5 v! N+ _6 x9 t7 `( x$ F. I> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
" O1 J8 p1 @3 }4 @* G. r> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
+ q8 Y+ x0 U' `# M> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
  z9 U3 X* X" e> 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
> Peace comes to our hearts
8 J" A# r( B+ E> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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, I8 w6 V$ O0 H" e8 a> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
7 p# b; N- j6 R4 q4 V" f2 n> happens to me, I want
5 p: E! X2 m, P* _1 q) J# g> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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8 g& ~0 n0 i, r> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
  {( h' o6 e3 c" w; K> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
, g+ B; A' D" o> wait.