In this YouTube short, the speaker recounts a dramatic business crisis that unfolded on March 13, 2020, when a hedge‑fund partner abruptly refused to purchase $8.7 million in loans he had just funded, leaving his company without the capital needed for payroll and operations. Over the next 30‑45 days he isolates himself in his office, overwhelmed by anger, fear, and a sense of betrayal by God and life. The turning point arrives when his wife enters, urging him to "fix it" and reminding him that he is the man God made for their family. Her encouragement triggers a shift in mindset: he embraces the mantra “faith over fear,” resolves to take action, and ultimately works to turn the business around. The video serves as a motivational testimony about resilience, the power of spousal support, and reliance on faith during a pandemic‑driven financial collapse.
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But here's the story. As we're growing, as we're building, as we're protecting everything, the real estate market is amazing, everything's going great. March 13th, 2020, another crisis hits. Remember? Everybody remember what happened in 2020? COVID, right? COVID. And guess what? We had just funded on March 9th, I had just funded $8.7 million in loans, I had a capital market, a Wall Street company, a hedge fund to buy those loans from me. I had commitment letters from them, but on March 13th, I get a call and they say, we're not buying those, we're not buying any loans. COVID's coming, we don't know what it's gonna do, we don't know how it's gonna impact society, the economy, the stock market, we're not buying any loans. I said, you know what, you're stuck with 'em. I hit my knees. I don't know about you. I didn't have $8.7 million just to give away. That was our company. That was our finance. That was everything. That was payroll. That was everything. Again, I'm right back to where I was. I'm like, you gotta be kidding me. What are you doing? I again Got very angry, very mad, very irritated with God, with life, with anything I could be mad at. And for 30 days, I went to the office and I closed myself in my office and I sat there and I stewed over it all. I am trying to change lives and you keep taking my knees out from underneath me. What the heck is going on here? And after about 30, 45 days, this lady that God gave me, She walked in my office and said, "You know what? Fix it. You are the man that God made for me and for the kids. You are the owner of this business and you are the only one because you teach it, you preach it. If it's gonna be, it's up to me, then go out there and fix it. Turn this thing around." And she walked out, and I said, "Really, God? Really? Are you kidding me now? I mean, here was my biggest cheerleader, and now she's telling me to quit pow!" She was right. Because see, right then and there, right then and there, it hit me like a brick. There's nothing in this world that can take me down because I got God on my side. And so we went around the office and we said, "Faith over fear!"
