
While Waiting: The Waiting Journey guides you through four transformational phases that help you trust God’s timing, strengthen your faith, and stay encouraged while you wait. Through biblical wisdom, practical spiritual tools, and heartfelt reflection, you will learn how to ground yourself in truth, grow through prayer and fasting, guard your heart from discouragement, and glorify God in every step of the journey.
Understand the purpose behind your waiting season instead of feeling stuck or forgotten
Trust God’s timing even when answers feel delayed or unclear
Strengthen your faith through prayer, fasting, and intentional spiritual practices
Guard your heart and mind against discouragement, fear, and comparison
Recognize and overcome spiritual battles that arise during seasons of waiting
Grow spiritually while you wait rather than simply enduring the process
Walk in gratitude and peace before the breakthrough arrives
Use your waiting season to prepare for what God is calling you into next
With the companion workbook, you will go beyond reading and begin applying what you learn through guided reflection, prayer prompts, scripture meditation, and practical action steps designed to support you through every phase of the waiting season.
The workbook creates space for you to process your emotions, strengthen your faith, and track your spiritual growth, helping you stay focused, encouraged, and aligned with God’s purpose while you wait.

This free companion designed to help you navigate your current season of waiting with clarity, faith, and peace. Inside, you’ll be introduced to the four phases of The Waiting Journey, along with scripture meditations, guided reflection prompts, a prayer for your waiting season, and powerful daily declarations to strengthen your faith. This short guide offers space to pause, reflect, and realign your heart with what God is doing in the waiting, while preparing you to go deeper through the full book.

Carla L. Chatman is a United States Air Force veteran whose twenty-eight years of service taught her to trust God in every season of waiting. From navigating global missions to overcoming deep personal trials, she discovered that faith grows strongest in life’s pauses. Now based in Fort Worth, Texas, Carla is a certified Biblical Counselor and Trauma Healing Facilitator with a passion for mentoring youth and restoring hope.