Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
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; B' @2 [; `" S' F> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
" i# }2 e9 D$ l9 o, A6 e> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
8 U1 j6 ~) u; l9 r6 C& W7 N, J) M3 Z> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
( d8 C! A2 X" v; f, [0 l4 z4 _) q/ m> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
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> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
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> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
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> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
4 |7 j$ h) [: w2 m( ^' i) K6 q* b> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
. ?: O, h. E) S; u" J> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
: t& _7 v- u3 ?4 d+ V  j> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> 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.