The God Who Waits

Divine Patience with Our Wandering and Growth

The God Who Waits: Divine Patience with Our Wandering and Growth explores a truth many believers struggle to trust: God is not in a hurry.

Drawing from Scripture, pastoral ministry, prison ministry, grief, discernment, and decades of lived faith, Geoffrey Schmitt reflects on how God waits with us — not out of indifference, but out of love. This book addresses the places where waiting feels hardest: weakness, wandering, delay, learning, silence, refinement, aging, grief, and calling.

Rather than offering techniques for waiting better, The God Who Waits invites readers to see God more clearly while they wait. Through ten gently structured chapters, Schmitt traces how divine patience meets human slowness, failure, confusion, and longing. Each chapter follows a consistent rhythm — Scripture, teaching, reflection, prayer, poetry, and a repeated anchor refrain — allowing readers to engage both heart and mind.

Personal stories anchor the theology: a father’s early death and a long season of unbelief; the slow discernment of vocational change; grief following the death of a beloved spouse; quiet leadership shaped through prison ministry; friendships forged in shared hardship; and hope that continues to plan for tomorrow even in later years.

Throughout the book, waiting is re-framed not as God’s absence, but as His attentive presence. God waits while love finishes its work. God waits as we are refined. God waits — and still calls us forward.

Written for individuals, small groups, and ministry leaders, The God Who Waits offers a compassionate companion for anyone navigating transition, grief, discernment, or uncertainty. It does not rush resolution. It honors the slow work of grace.

At its heart is a simple, steady truth repeated throughout the journey:

God is never in a hurry, yet He is always on time — forming us in love while we wait.