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
# {. K3 m& t# X> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
> who does understand and
> feel our pain because He lost His son, too. It
" {' r) w& S  T: b> happened when God gave the
> sinless life of His son ant the cross to redeem
+ W3 `/ O  W4 \> sinful lives and to purchase
/ q* z+ U6 b5 v) A' }> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
# Z3 \( C' |2 N: z( n> 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
> certainty based on the
4 ]; P2 P* R% o9 d. o, a> promise of God. And this hope fills us with eager
# y$ \8 S1 i9 R& \* ^> anticipation and a longing
> for the time when we shall be forever with the Lord.
> It is this hope that
; ^5 U: s* k2 h  l4 \> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
4 C3 [1 Y1 K2 z' l, B3 m> Peace comes to our hearts
> and says to be still and know that I am God.
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5 d. G# n3 Y- g1 V7 o# H> Peter told me a year ago, "Dad, if something ever
. ~( b0 e1 w% @- o/ s> happens to me, I want
> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
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4 x# K# F# Q- d  \  u> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
. l; z  g( R, F* m/ H> your wish this afternoon.
>
" W0 }& o; T6 v8 ~, _7 n> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.