Our Father in Heaven, you are in every place, having arrived before us. Wherever we go, you are already there. Heaven is your dwelling place, eternity your throne. We acknowledge that we are strangers here -- wherever "here" may be on this earth -- for we are in transit toward eternity. Keep us from accumlating possessions here that would keep us tied down and prevent us from reaching our destination. For, above all, we want to get where we're going, to your celestial abode. Because our Lord Jesus has preceded us there. Amen.