Memorial service for 4 RCMP officers

spring05

The pain of our loss is beyond anything we could
8 K+ M) G5 K* p/ \+ |> have ever imagined. Over
> and over again people tell us that they could never
> begin to understand the
1 X! E. e9 _, [0 t' G2 m* E  {$ [> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
, Z! v& K( h/ |  Z* X( d> who does understand and
6 r7 X2 D$ x( M% b( Z> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
7 s# A, w$ k6 |6 ]6 g> happened when God gave the
/ L( E( p% ~* L3 r6 W: ?; g$ @> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
> sinful lives and to purchase
> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
: ~9 U8 U& e4 O7 h3 A# K> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
> human history was
4 ^; a2 d5 i$ N' [# l1 F) A& }; z> 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
> certainty based on the
+ j' L/ Z; ^- t5 l2 s, |) p( f> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
& g3 G$ W1 G2 ~0 F' D( U0 M6 Y> 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
* ]* f8 {# A. W6 \! |> 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
( l4 l7 Z8 l5 D7 n( ^4 F6 F> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
* Z' H" \% K: E" w9 _( u> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
/ ~, ^* `8 B- P" u9 m. I> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.