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
> begin to understand the
> 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
: L4 K5 R/ q4 G5 @; M2 d% ^2 l> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
& P% ]7 X: B+ D- T/ t$ U> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
/ P3 k; l( Q! K3 H+ }$ ^2 \* I> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
7 `# Q* C. u+ M4 N$ I> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
, ~+ e9 Z3 |' M; G1 |/ {> hope. This hope, that's
8 Y+ @" h2 m8 I1 ^> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
, l8 m  X2 Y9 C. N6 c  p& A7 P> certainty based on the
" p6 }. W) D1 ?> 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
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> Peace comes to our hearts
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>
) Z# P) w; Z1 o/ m; F& w8 \' L6 v2 ~4 d> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
. W- H* L2 E# `) H( U5 l> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
! X6 R4 {4 @; Y, P6 _% W" {> 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
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