Altering the Future | Rabbi Yechiel Spero

Ask somebody older where they were on November 22nd, 1963, and they will tell you exactly where they were. That's the day that President Kennedy was shot and the world changed forever. We all will remember where we were on Motzei Shabbos when we heard the news. Trump's been shot! And maybe for a split second, your heart stopped beating. Because let's make no mistake about it, had the president been killed, world history would have been altered forever. We're living in hectic, chaotic times, and we hope that אם ירצה השם soon, things will become more calm. But why was the president saved? What saved him? He was standing at the podium, speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania, and suddenly, the shots were fired. A madman, who was 130 yards away, he shot Trump and had the president not turned his face the slightest bit, instead of nicking his ear, he would have been killed instantly. One turn of the head can alter, not only your personal future, but the trajectory of the entire world. There are those that can acquire an Olam, a whole Olam Haba, in one שעה. Says the Sfas Emes, שעה doesn't only mean a moment, it means שעה to turn. If you're facing the possibility of looking at something immoral, something inappropriate, and you fight with your Yetzer Hara and you turn your head one slight turn, you can save yourself, your life and your future דורות. Absolutely incredible. Just know that the Yetzer Hara has us in his crosshairs. One turn and you change everything forever. But I want to end with one idea, one idea that is the message of Vayimaen. Yes, of course we must turn, but know this, There are times when you will try to turn and the Yetzer Hara will nick you, and you will come out and you're hurt and you're wounded and you are spiritually bloodied. Don't leave that stage before you can raise your fist, and you can look at the enemy and say, Fight! Because that can inspire an entire world.