How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

T he death of a close friend or a loved one is a sorrowful and often traumatic experience. The emptiness that prevails and the loneliness that is felt, caused by their absence, can be emotionally overwhelming. Many people long to hear that familiar voice, that warm laughter, or the departed speak to them again. At times the grieving person will receive comfort from a dream in which the departed person appears to be speaking with them. There have been many questions sent to me about what it means when an individual sees a departed loved one in a dream. My grandfather John Bava was a minister, songwriter, book publisher, and multigifted man whom I admired greatly. He went to be with Christ in 1998. Since that time, seldom a week goes by that I don’t have a dream that he is in. At times we are at the old home place in West Virginia. Other times I see him with Grandmother, and we are on a farm, sitting with the family eating or just hearing him laugh. After a loved one, especially a believer, passes away, it is quite common for a close family member to dream about that person. Part of this is because the individual is locked forever in your memory vault and a permanent image is imprinted in your heart. Anyone who has been an active part of your life remains in the seat of your spirit, whether they are living or deceased. In fact, there are times when it seems as though my grandfather and grandmother are still with us, although we know their spirits are in the presence of the Lord (2 Cor. 5:8). Out of the many times I have seen Granddad, they were simply a dream. There was no particular meaning to the dream,