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Dreams after a person has died?

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morethanthisyeah · 07/11/2025 17:12

My mum died several years ago. She was a committed Christian (as am I) and her death was sudden and unexpected. I know she’s with Jesus and for at least a couple of years after she died, I’d have similar reoccurring dreams about her. They always followed a similar theme - I’d be in a room and she was there too, always looking incredibly beautiful and almost ‘shiny’. In my dreams I’d feel so much relief at just being able to see her but I was also never able to talk to her. I’d try to say something but her gaze was somewhere else, almost like she couldn’t see or hear me. But there were a few times in the dreams, she’d give me a great big hug and this felt so real, I remember waking up convinced it had really happened.

Even though it’s been a few years, I had one of these dreams again last night and as always, I couldn’t communicate but she did give me a lovely hug.

As a believer I know there’s no communication between worlds but I do wonder if these dreams are just God’s way of giving me a bit of comfort and reminding me mum is safely with him.

Has anyone had anything like this after a bereavement?

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Thegreatestoftheseislove · 07/11/2025 17:33

I am glad you find comfort from your dreams. That is all they are: dreams of somebody who loved you and who you love and whose physical presence you still miss. I'm certain most of us who have suffered the loss of somebody, or a much-loved pet in this life, will have had a dream or dreams about them. It is normal and natural. However, If we think God is speaking to us through dreams, the 'meaning' of a dream is personal between us and God, and will always align with Scripture.

morethanthisyeah · 07/11/2025 18:25

Oh yes, dreams like this will always align with the word. In a way, I this these dreams do because although I can see my mum, I can’t communicate with her and that aligns with what we’re taught.

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LeaningOnTheEverlastingArms · 07/11/2025 22:43

You said your mum’s death was sudden and unexpected. Perhaps your subconscious mind is trying to process that sudden loss and these dreams are part of it. That’s all that came to mind when reading your posts.

I’m glad you know that this isn’t your mum trying to connect with you through dreams.

Whether the Lord is saying something through these dreams, I don’t know. I would just commit them to Him and leave it there. God bless 🙏🏻

QuickPeachPoet · 08/11/2025 23:42

That is lovely. If you believe that the dreams are sent to you by God and your mum, then that is exactly what they are!

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