Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
5 Q7 w( h9 {0 L  U; P* P> 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
> who does understand and
! [' x) [6 j2 }7 ^. y% y" {9 G> 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
5 }: c2 e% i: n9 G' ^> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
# b2 E% D( @4 {. y1 C> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
; p# [  L. P; ^1 Y) n- Z> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
2 H/ d# N0 x4 {- I7 E( ?+ h> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
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> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
7 y( n5 o4 |! n- D8 x' _3 t/ V> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
2 U! d" Y% }( F0 `6 D# b> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
( a& _- U% V. K$ _> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
) v' T/ B" e0 i# B  y/ {. L- Z: i> happens to me, I want
% _; h5 [2 b# q/ \5 z- [# V+ D> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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  c/ }' l" u4 S9 @$ U# q; S1 |: C> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.