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
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" R- n6 d( V/ p7 [2 X> 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
> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
# T6 ?  l& K' W& X* @> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
1 @% I& n" p3 V7 x6 m2 L> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
- I3 m  `- _% v> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
: R: h+ c$ L! X" Y2 M> 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
1 ]1 \' g; ~) A" v" s> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
' P8 y2 y# n# |2 E3 Z> Peace comes to our hearts
/ v1 H/ Z, d( G6 `6 W+ f& T! k> 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
  f: f" v* c* U! J- b  I& q> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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4 B  K/ r. W; I* a2 @> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.