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
6 L0 R3 m( u6 {> begin to understand the
! T& O$ C. K8 l. M> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
* J5 M* w3 E" }4 b0 d/ r5 U* C> 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
6 V" k3 @( q1 `# q6 M5 ]> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> 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
1 U% j7 A1 n4 R% |- q4 l: y, ]% R( _) w> certainty based on the
$ a# m6 @, W2 I> 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.
> 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.
>
> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
! c7 @$ `4 e" ~1 F8 P1 R> happens to me, I want
+ f( b% f  s/ ]% b  A/ q> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
7 W6 }. n( ?* r% t+ Y" i> your wish this afternoon.
>
> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.