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
& p2 N. d/ N1 o> depth of our loss. That is true. But we know of One
/ V$ J" T5 O- Q" w. q> who does understand and
$ @2 T+ b4 @$ T* @& {7 r" z> 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
3 d4 ?) D0 w- J4 k> sinful lives and to purchase
0 D- V. S; S: P6 f$ k) I8 L> forgiveness for us all. There days later, He raised
  z. q, J! T( z2 n2 E" _& a$ R  {> His son from the dead
> and conquered death. It is though this event where
  {8 l- Z5 y! L> human history was
+ {" ~1 F4 I  ~- {> intersected by divine grace and mercy that we have
> hope. This hope, that's
! V& k) y, ]9 i2 W0 J& r& i> what's sustaining us. It's not an idle wish, but a
& r5 a1 Q6 J" x0 k" i& d8 o> certainty based on the
. S% S2 @# _- r8 L' U* L> 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
; V. y9 f* F2 _/ {, X1 G% U> will ease the pain of our loss, as the Prince of
2 ^0 o4 I, q# s: y# n> 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
> happens to me, I want
+ g6 {8 D( \: x+ Q( ]8 w" o> people to hear about Jesus and to hear about hope."
>
> Constable Peter Schiemann, my son, I carried out
> your wish this afternoon.
>
4 I) v+ g( o9 i' y3 `- F> Peter, we will see you in heaven, but we can hardly
> wait.