Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
& L7 T, U2 ]8 s. G1 K" C> 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
' J, r: m( z' C- P& P9 g9 t* c% a' @> who does understand and
& }& w1 d$ O. S5 k* ^  U# S> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
( N0 @7 W3 R) }% A$ I+ L/ _8 W> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
- @$ |, \% y: ^" t> His son from the dead
> 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
3 `: h: A7 E! C5 H  @- }> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
; b, S6 W, i1 e> certainty based on the
3 w8 m; a0 p& d  E0 n> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
/ P1 g' V2 `. t9 Y4 Q* }> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
+ y. j/ S0 d1 _5 x! Q4 K0 H> It is this hope that
9 [% U1 Q3 Y+ m" _. x. c> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
# I+ N6 C4 x* O5 P! D> 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
6 t% e, {2 B+ _8 r> 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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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.