Reclaiming my Life - my Journey Back to God

I realized that the peace I was experiencing was from God. But what I had not yet realized was that the adversity I would continue to face was God's way of helping me to strengthen my spiritual self, which, I believe, is the main reason he put me on this earth. Furthermore, it became very clear to me as life went on, that achieving ultimate peace is a journey not a destination.Years of experience taught me that life does not allow peace to remain stagnant. Adversity will force it to grow stronger or be destroyed. For example, a couple deeply in love feels peace between them. However, life's everyday challenges attempt to erode that peace because the fear of those challenges weakens the relationship over time. In my experience only fear can destroy peace. I have learned that the only way that I can maintain and grow the peace that I felt that beautiful morning is to master the fears I face everyday. I now know that I have a choice. I will control fear or fear will control me. I will ela