Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
+ Z, U( z+ ^3 p% G4 H> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
3 p! x5 ~# v: @+ D> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
  G6 W/ C* K4 U1 Q. C3 d. B/ l> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
$ x4 n' E7 g! I/ A; o( Y! h# K2 X> happened when God gave the
9 Q' {: Q& ?5 r7 |" |, J> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
) I$ ?7 b1 ^8 V- g( v( q: M% k> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
5 E, m% T( p9 `2 ?) e' T) S> His son from the dead
9 ^8 ~) S, T3 [, z9 \> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
. l, r/ a; l4 B+ p' }6 |( }> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
+ D  O7 v% F. B0 n> anticipation and a longing
3 u* W" ?) T" e> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
% q- ^+ g$ Q2 k0 ~7 `+ M> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
/ }" Q; ?, f( ^7 K& c> Peace comes to our hearts
- a. ~0 f2 |0 G3 _) U# F> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
' R5 z1 r9 j1 J4 d  @2 z> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
/ Y6 [8 ^. z+ a# C6 Z> happens to me, I want
: j2 N9 v( _9 C4 ^> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
7 p# A" j) C% S> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
  C- n; r3 F: @# o' C> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.