Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
8 k  X7 K9 v( [6 l( f4 `9 V, ~6 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
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& T. o1 m" [. a7 h* d" Z; h> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
+ V$ M+ B/ o) g" N0 q> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
" Z9 K. h+ }) f/ i> His son from the dead
  H3 g' j8 y0 Y1 i* X' F> and conquered death. It is though this event where
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> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
- p+ u8 E' t- n# j7 f; T0 [> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
+ N" j5 U% [+ v; b> certainty based on the
8 L2 o, ]: s4 z/ e1 }: p) Y> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
6 ^# ]7 ^- _+ l1 Y7 Y9 N0 o$ k> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
  x6 N; D- ?' Q) S3 S- }0 W" H> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
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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."
>
- S  }3 I4 L3 P+ I9 @# v> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
5 @: ~$ r1 }5 Z> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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