@genebalthrop Hi Gene,
Do you know Jesus Christ now or are you just waiting to meet him?
1 Peter 1.8
And though you have not seen him you love him, and though you do not see him now,
but believe in him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.

Now the Lord is the Spirit.

And the plan of God is that we are changed by the grace in Jesus Christ to become as his image.
While we live in these earthly bodies we need to be filled with Christ.
2 Peter 1 .13
And I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,
Knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.