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
> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
8 W- F* d) }5 Q> who does understand and
) f: ^% R$ r/ c1 P# y1 [> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
, T' X7 D% Q) W+ p( d* s7 T$ z> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
8 }: ?% Y) z; P2 ~4 T+ Y8 h+ v) M2 I% ~/ Z> sinful lives and to purchase
$ C% e8 H8 z% r7 Q, p> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
2 K6 _6 n" h2 t( n; |1 r> human history was
  v6 _/ s# |/ L* L- |+ z> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
7 p6 m/ v- Y6 p1 E( [. A8 Z9 Q> hope. This hope, that's
- I9 T- {: B. v2 k* R' O( q7 w, C9 C> 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
* F; t0 B9 R( [7 o3 @! e: P3 E0 N> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
  `$ Q0 O7 e6 Y> It is this hope that
> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
& W+ u, H, Q9 `2 E1 G: L4 X7 z6 a> Peace comes to our hearts
* u  P% d" v2 h; V8 ]- {> 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
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
- A& E, h8 Y1 v4 o; R> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.