There’s an adage that says when people reveal themselves to you, believe them. I like to add an adjunct to that: when someone tells you who he is trying to become, support him.

When Adam Buttorff describes himself as a “heathen,” a “SOB,” and “depraved,” I know he’s talking about someone he was. When I hear him describe his love for God and commitment to Christianity, I encourage it.

It’s no surprise Adam clings to the Lord. He has been tried in his personal and professional life. As a husband, he lost the love of his life — his wife and the mother of his children — to glioblastoma. As an investor before the 2008 market crash, he was nearly wiped out. But rather than rejecting God, he sought His embrace.

“I was really angry with God, but I was also very thankful to God because I felt like he just helped me and brought people around me,” he said. “I never for once felt godforsaken.”

After his wife’s death, Adam started using his relationship with God to help others. He’s now a business coach, trainer, author, and public speaker who imbues his Christianity into the services he provides. With fewer years ahead of him than behind him, as he says, he is still deep in real estate investment, but he’s not wildly swinging for the fences as he did. Instead, he’s a “steady Eddie.”

That stability has not only let him focus on raising his children to the young men they’ve become, but also it has helped him teach others how to make every day a gift and “turn a setback into a comeback.”

Adam acknowledges that just as it wasn’t easy for him, it can be equally hard for others. “People love the results of growth, they just don’t like to go through growth,” he said.

In this week’s episode of Chiseled, Adam shares his faith journey and how it informs his every action, decision, and suggestion. For me, I believe the person he is becoming is exactly who he is meant to be. I hope you enjoy his story.