Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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0 v9 \6 s. E% A% _> and over again people tell us that they could never
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4 t& i( c6 S& Z! e3 B  B> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
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5 Q/ u1 C" S* W1 v5 b3 k" t+ }> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
1 i+ H8 S) d# R2 X& K0 p! E3 D> happened when God gave the
: ?% j& ]7 b2 u. w> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
% u4 d: W, {  u& \' _> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
# H  b  ^2 r5 S" m" a> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
, l0 x. ~9 v7 r3 x! {> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
6 b- ^9 e0 |+ H! D5 g4 j8 s" K> 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
" R5 o  I4 l! f" v> 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.
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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* V! S( x& v4 S- }3 {+ e- B> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
. A7 [- C; \6 M1 ^3 E: Q- |+ A> your wish this afternoon.
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; ?3 ^' I2 P/ x+ R> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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