' I find peace knowing that when I pass everything will be okay because I was good when I lived. ' I'm really happy to hear about your Christian faith. My belief about doing good works is that they in no way earn us anything. We are saved by the grace of God alone for the sake of Christ taking our punishment. Because of this, we can't help but want to do good works in response. And when we fail, like we always do, we look back to the cross, knowing that we are once again forgiven.