Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
> have ever imagined. Over
" y6 \6 B$ I. Q3 S. o4 t> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
7 z6 T8 @7 O. K3 ?( c> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
1 y% @- p/ P' h& H% T> 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
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
9 v* \$ j' f) X3 u3 c8 }3 I> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
; @) t7 v( H& V5 n, t) B9 x> hope. This hope, that's
+ U& _+ Q5 ^' N7 d; s4 R> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
, O5 G, j5 B2 B1 K> certainty based on the
) L, W  x: j6 W2 h8 ]) Q8 M> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
* w: |7 a8 n+ c; n) m- u) {- R' }> anticipation and a longing
1 G: T/ L& x9 ~9 L5 ~( J- g; {> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
0 U9 q4 [+ y  P# J( \8 K> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
2 g/ _/ S4 ?9 Y' N. s> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
>
; @  v, o" g/ r4 m+ [" i( _$ T5 H2 y> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
> happens to me, I want
( |) ]/ t0 ?6 m> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
- _) K* c) {5 E> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
$ U' ^/ r* B6 i: c7 n& {> your wish this afternoon.
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> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
( R- R+ \  _5 {& ~3 {" n# l> wait.