Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
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> and over again people tell us that they could never
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> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
. e+ o* ?& l" g8 N> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
> happened when God gave the
! y4 C! p; Y5 o2 N5 v* ?2 |) p> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
5 V/ S) A/ q( R> sinful lives and to purchase
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> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
1 X9 Q8 j+ {/ O# o; ^- S8 Z. f- m> human history was
4 w  D, G, u7 Y5 B& Z> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
, V0 n8 {! v$ @# `> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
. \# g( a2 ~5 x6 m- _& N8 G8 w> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
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> 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
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1 E# A$ H' }- ^> 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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% A0 f- v- i- I# k> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
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