Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
0 [! a3 H+ B& r' K7 W> have ever imagined. Over
* r0 G6 G4 n& y1 G4 I) @> and over again people tell us that they could never
, k0 z+ p& @3 i- A$ x# s; G> begin to understand the
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
3 y7 i# K& c# |' r& E5 s$ s> 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
/ d6 f* L; [8 q; h5 ]! E  Q. j9 Y3 p> sinful lives and to purchase
- p7 C5 W% f$ z3 O) |) h0 t> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
3 g) v# _  I, V- k) J/ ?7 c> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
  @( p$ k6 U* z, ?! Q6 c3 G2 [> certainty based on the
5 q2 U  V! J: `" W% {7 [> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
6 G& G3 ?& ~$ J9 l8 h$ m> anticipation and a longing
+ O* _0 q( T* N> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
4 ?1 A: w+ K* t* W/ l> 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.
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> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
, d# A6 _* W; l. j% `> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
/ A4 G6 N2 w' v3 c, _> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
. c" R( J8 b( x9 [- E> your wish this afternoon.
>
: B9 T% n  v/ c% c4 X+ Y" q> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
* Y$ Q* t( W/ d; q% Y( H$ \% a, q6 H> wait.