Last night our family watched some of the technical videos from the movie 'Inception". If you haven't seen this movie it is well worth watching with your teenage children. In this clip several of the films actors as well as knowledgeable individuals from academia were interviewed on this whole notion of dreams.
I guess the one item that stood out was when someone said that much of our dreams are about people we once knew and died who came back in our dream almost as though they had never died. You can ask anyone who has lost someone they loved and invariably they will tell you at some point they had that exact same dream.
Our family was no different. After the loss of our daughter, Maria, each of us at some point had our own separate dream about her. I remember my son, not longer after she died, shared with us about how in his dream his sister came running up to him. They were so excited to see each other that they spent time in his dream talking and playing. When it was time for him to go he tried to get Maria to joined him, but then she said that she couldn't go with him. Our son was sad and when he woke up he was happy to had seen his sister in his dream. As the experts in this clip said our dreams are a way for us to have unfinished business with the one who has died. Since our family are followers of the Lord Jesus Christ the dreams we had of our little girl serve to remind us that she was in a beautiful place called heaven and one day after we have fulfilled our earthly purpose we will join Maria in heaven.
If for some reason you are having rather disturbing and traumatic dreams of the way your loved one died you may need help processing those images. Like me I would strongly encourage you to see a good therapist who can be your guide in this process.
Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and do not lean on your own understandings, but in all of your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight Proverbs 3;5-6
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