Romans 5: Peace with the Lord

What do I want more? Money? status? I am retired. Death is coming. I want to be in peace with the Lord. Sometimes I remember things that I shouldn't have done; however I trust that my sins were forgiven through Jesus. How could Jesus have died for a sinner? When I understand that the Lord has been so gracious to me, I not only become glad but also look forward to be changed in a person who loves and pleases the Lord. As we read:

1 So now, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith in his promises, we can have real peace with him because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. 2 For because of our faith, he has brought us into this place of highest privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to actually becoming all that God has had in mind for us to be.