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
4 ?# R  B" n9 O( X> begin to understand the
) I' k7 h& A& Y  y* @8 ^4 l> 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
8 H, D/ A- |$ Y! g. t5 Y; \2 `> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
: m5 m9 P) u) @% [1 p. J; D> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
+ r  @! U6 d+ s: w+ E' b> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
  `. T' T9 N2 b# X! j" ?7 {; O. ]> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
; t( z' H- s" Q8 p6 f$ l0 r> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
5 y8 i" P& n4 O' y7 ^> certainty based on the
2 J& x4 Y7 u4 `& Y/ f% H> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
! ?/ M& ?4 f" O0 \% Q; f> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
* Q: n# E2 n. K* E/ }> 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.
>
( i2 j: \2 [: v6 c* |> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
: y; [" `# ?* G0 e) t" j> happens to me, I want
; H8 l6 l: \: g. A* ~> 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
! X& }6 S7 k! P( D; C; Y7 x> wait.