over my life: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). My life had changed in incredible ways, but not at the speed I had initially anticipated. The circumstances that triggered my inner wounds were still the same, but I now had a way of navigating it all with hope. There was no instantaneous fix to the issues of my life, but there was an instant Advocate and Lord with me through it all. My initial assumptions about the speed at which God was going