Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
+ _: [; @6 j1 K& p> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
* b1 ~5 b- k4 t6 O( E> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
( J: F- a; k2 Q> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
! s4 ]2 ~$ D6 G3 D, ]& z' j> 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
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
$ e1 S) W  M; X* w  n> human history was
7 \% k6 F0 l' a% W> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
- f5 Y( A( d, c2 u3 k( {! i4 c! V> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
  ~0 D! N! r5 B7 I+ }% F9 l3 n2 }> certainty based on the
( C$ f% |8 \  h6 k- D8 r* M' Q1 |> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
* J, A! E$ J/ @6 V" w3 T8 u% p' p> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
3 }9 w# z) S/ c) H, P> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
- `6 y4 X5 S" N/ `  I2 R% Q> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
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, g- Y9 m& d, n1 x> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.