04 June 2012 ~ 16 Comments

The Last Few Days of Patience

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As most of you know by now, my twitter account was suspended. I believe it was for an error in the spam algorithm (which marked me as spam) and Christian content that might have been flagged as offensive to some anti-Christian individuals. When I first found out about my account suspension 5 days ago, I was shocked. I am not a very patient person. I hate procrastination, and I expect things to be resolved soon. It’s just who I am.

When this account suspension took place, I initially tried to resolve the problem myself. When I realized that I had to go through support, I submitted everything an began impatiently waiting. After the first two days, I began to get frustrated. As a matter of fact, the account is still not up! It is frustrating because I know that it is all out of my control. The past few days have been hard for me. I am not addicted to twitter, but when something that has been taken away from me for no reason, I become frustrated.

If things are not resolved soon, I will be forced to set up another account. However, I have learned about patience the past few days. Maybe God has wanted to teach me something through this experience? I do know that I have learned more about patience in the past few days than I thought I would have.

I have also accomplished several goals and projects that I have been working on for awhile now. Patience is hard for most of us…especially me! This week, I was reminded of a verse in Philippians that mentions a little something to do with patience:

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

-Philippians 4:6-7

Be anxious for nothing=patience. My example of my account suspension is a small example of patience. Maybe there is something that is frustrating you or causing you to become impatient. God says to be anxious for nothing. Whatever it is!

It is easy to say, but hard to live!

What do you need patience for?

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  • http://www.nginaotiende.blogspot.com/ Ngina Otiende

    Its true Brandon, patience is easy to talk about, hard to practice!

    Right now I gotta say am on a better zone :) Finally bought that Url and hosting from Peter at new blog hosting, yiee! Been waiting to do this changeover for a while. Thanks for ur help and encouragement.

    I know that all things shall work out well for you and you shall find grace for every thing.

    • http://www.brandongilliland.com/ Brandon Gilliland

      Awesome! So, have you received the information email for the cpanel to get things set up?

      The wordpress installation is super easy. I made this mistake- make sure your site has http://www.yourdomain.  ] instead of http://www.yourdomain.  ]/wordpress. That is important. You will see it in the set up, so make sure you pay attention to everything.

      Keep us posted!

      • http://www.nginaotiende.blogspot.com/ Ngina Otiende

        I have not received that email yet.. you mentioned that it can take a day or so? But i have emailed Peter.

        Will pay attention to that, thanks for bringing that to my attention! To clarify, i make sure that i don’t have that “/wordpress” at the end of my domain, (slash wordpress) right?

        Will keep you posted! (and reach out incase i need help!)

        Thank you and be blessed!

        • http://www.brandongilliland.com/ Brandon Gilliland

          If you have emailed him, he can get everything for you. And yes, you don’t want the /wordpress at the end of your domain. It makes everything complicated! haha. I did it, and I had to start over with the set up…

          Good luck with the set up! I can’t wait to see the final product! By the way, what them(s) are you looking at for the new site?

          • http://www.nginaotiende.blogspot.com/ Ngina Otiende

            Thanks brandon!

            Am looking at the free woothemes, haven’t found one that i particularly like, so still searching. Might you have some recommendations? 

          • http://www.brandongilliland.com/ Brandon Gilliland

            I use woothemes! They are awesome! If you don’t like them, I would check out the free themes from theme4press. They have some really good ones! The best them is the standard theme, but that costs $99 with the full license.

          • http://www.nginaotiende.blogspot.com/ Ngina Otiende

            Yes, i noticed! 

            Will head on to them4press and check out.

            Standard is good theme too, awesome for blogging, but it’s a little over my budget for now. 

  • http://www.jmlalonde.com Joe Lalonde

    Patience is a hard road to walk down. We’ve been indoctrinated with a “Your Way, Right Away” mentality. 

    I need patience as I build my platform. I can get impatient waiting to see some sort of income come in. When it doesn’t, I can get frustrated.

    • http://www.brandongilliland.com/ Brandon Gilliland

      I love what you mentioned! “We’ve been indoctrinated with a “Your Way, Right Away” mentality”

  • http://tcavey.blogspot.com/ TCAvey

    I’m not great with patience, in fact I think you’re handling this well. 

    Through my son God is teaching me a great deal about His patience with us and refining me in this area. I know I have a long journey, but thankfully God has plenty of patience with this slow learner (wink).

    One thing I am having to be patient on now is my journey to becoming a published author. I verge of wanting to throw in the towel, to ranting, to trying do it all on my own and finally surrendering to God’s plan. He may never intend for me to be published. That I wrote what I feel He inspired could have been more about the process and growth for me than about having others read it. Ultimately it is HIS work so I know HIS plan will prosper.

    • http://www.brandongilliland.com/ Brandon Gilliland

      Great example! Thanks for sharing this!

  • AislinnthelionRawr

    I seriously believe you need patience for everything! Glad your back on Twitter now !

    • http://www.brandongilliland.com/ Brandon Gilliland

      I agree! And it was not the way I wanted to get back on, but I’ll take it! :)

      • AislinnthelionRawr

        Hahaha I bet !! Your blog keeps making diff accounts for me…kinda confusing ! Haha

        • http://www.brandongilliland.com/ Brandon Gilliland

          Disqus runs off of email. So if you are using a diffeent email, that’s why.

          • AislinnthelionRawr

            Hmm maybe I was typing in the wrong email!