2 Corinthians 5

Thank you, father, that in your divine powered, eternal Kingdom this fleshly body of mine is just a temporary dwelling place; a tent, so to speak. At a time you have ordained I leave this tent and receive an eternal house in the heavens made for me by you, father.

For a time now, while I am in this fleshly tent, I groan at the trials and tests and limits of my flesh. I look to a time when I will be better clothed in a glorified body. I look to a time when mortality is swallowed up by your eternal life, father.

You prepare my mind for this very thing, father, by the gift of your Holy Spirit who guarantees your presence and promises to me. So, I am always confident, knowing that while I am at home in this mortal body I’m absent from you, father.

For I walk by faith and not by sight. So, I am okay now, but also well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with you, father, when and as you ordain that time to be.