Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
5 M+ U- n& r7 {> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
& [; f2 _1 K" @0 g) j7 I> begin to understand the
& C* |5 N1 Q0 P/ _% T> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
. g2 H( f# j& f6 I6 L/ u( p5 Z> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
* A6 N7 L$ m6 h& c> happened when God gave the
0 r' Z. M% L3 v/ Q0 @# ]3 _) r> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
3 P$ g* w+ V7 d/ o2 J> sinful lives and to purchase
% I$ S- K# {# m: R% M> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
1 s# C9 J3 u9 R' z! |  j> His son from the dead
* l, C1 P7 J- X7 V. Y! J> and conquered death. It is though this event where
- {/ `( a% P# v> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
. |& k/ W1 u/ I1 E: ~! I> hope. This hope, that's
' _( V; ~3 r% F8 G/ O% |+ q> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
- g7 ~  Y( o  `5 O/ `> certainty based on the
- h0 s* P9 M2 X6 y> 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.
) t3 f/ Z2 R3 y- H. F/ G> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
8 F9 l5 [. \, r- z" F> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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% l; g! |) J/ w( Z# t5 b' Q> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
& l! L1 l6 [/ Y$ F! R. Y4 \> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
. ]# e) q7 W) s( w! V> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
7 O+ _+ D' m+ ?5 b0 R> your wish this afternoon.
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, _1 q1 e, a- X8 h> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
2 A4 T5 y3 P7 M/ l> wait.