Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
  c% y; W, |* B* q, O, H  i> and over again people tell us that they could never
/ e  O4 p: t- e. W, {> begin to understand the
5 k8 J0 @* p& G1 @' `1 S2 |> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
7 d4 l, G1 f6 \, I' r> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
4 [* O& b, W! e" k2 t6 }3 A2 ^$ a> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
! `" b$ X) \  j/ M4 D! q# ]* ]> sinful lives and to purchase
6 U6 g! b$ ]7 P) f5 w+ \3 D> 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
6 x9 u0 t+ w9 L4 I8 @> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
0 [# j  i' I# B6 f' N! q> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
. S6 n8 n" P: Q( x5 h" F> certainty based on the
% R" B# @* G' C8 Q> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
" v, z6 M+ m, n> anticipation and a longing
! `3 u0 F, r" ?' R> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
8 P- T. }6 R, x> It is this hope that
; M7 j3 c1 ?% n$ V> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
4 n0 Q5 F$ Y( m> Peace comes to our hearts
+ f2 h/ ]( C5 O> 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
& A& a8 D7 @% x' ]4 Z$ S( V> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
" l+ C" `; V2 f2 D2 t: s> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
; P8 o+ @) O/ H3 p2 H# }: T3 D6 h> wait.