Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
/ D  r0 Q& D: U) Z1 C> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
* n; R- m7 ?9 v! u* A> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
! F+ B9 b6 z/ [0 z! Z8 y> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
! E6 O7 j, A  K# L6 P> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
4 D3 h- f$ r. f+ a1 M* ^> and conquered death. It is though this event where
- G; p5 F! V$ w: T1 a% N> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
" V: g0 \7 I7 e* P' g> hope. This hope, that's
- @  k/ `8 v5 f0 j! ~( X7 A> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
! j* I3 ]$ k! T0 U3 R  ^5 `> certainty based on the
> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
> anticipation and a longing
- @! s" |% `" o& c) o+ J> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
% o8 f: H# ^3 M; @6 @- t' n9 Z& Q2 r> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
/ C! t/ p. T4 i( H! @, K> Peace comes to our hearts
* M' g" V1 r& I> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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- e5 r6 ]8 B& [" T! R> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
& J' h+ ^! p% C6 u; }2 `> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
7 e3 z+ k5 {3 t( i2 |> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.