2 Corinthians 5

Father, as time passes, my outward man is wasting away, but my inward man is renewed day by day. The trials of this life in the flesh are brief in comparison to eternity, and they work into me and out of me your exceeding glory. So now I concentrate on your spiritual things, Father, because those are the things that last forever.

When my earthly tent wears out or is destroyed, I have a house built by you, Father, eternal in the heavens. So sometimes I groan in this life, desiring to be done here and clothed with my heavenly habitation.

I know that someday, at your appointed time, mortality will be swallowed up by divine life in Christ Jesus. You have prepared me for that, Father, through your scripture, and you have given me your Holy Spirit as a guarantee of it all.

So, I am confident that when I am absent from the body, I will be present with you, Lord. I walk now by faith and not by sight. In faith, I know it is better to be free of this body and present with you. Therefore, for now, I make it my aim, whether absent or present, to be pleasing to you, Father!