Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> 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
% y% C: W8 z/ N# u# e( s> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
  x: `# N" y) o> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
' `9 _9 F2 m8 v% O# V> sinful lives and to purchase
3 ^, ?8 S+ Q3 b& b, G> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
! s* s$ G. D' n! y3 a5 R> His son from the dead
0 m& D. G& o( G* f> 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
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
1 |) K3 E, E( X: a( T* b8 J> certainty based on the
1 Z8 u2 L, Y2 @6 a5 [9 o9 N> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
( z& \3 X4 Q* S$ ~> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
" k- @6 e4 U3 y> It is this hope that
2 u$ @+ w2 ?0 X# O> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
( U, w5 ]& v6 E* l' l5 @> 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
> happens to me, I want
# r' x& y" P2 m' O8 U! g+ A> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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" s3 m4 T/ I6 ?# y3 D6 H, G; k/ P8 ]7 l> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.