I am All About Green

Today Aaron forwarded an interesting mass email from Ruth Matar of Women in Green. This is a pro-Israel women’s organization. I know little about it, but I like what I see so far.

I was going to email Ms. Matar and ask for permission to reprint the email, but it turns out I won’t have to. Women in Green has a blog, and the current post is the contents of the email. You can find it here. If you would like to know when the blog is updated, send a blank email to list4-subscribe at the domain womeningreen.org. They also have a Paypal link. I like the way they’re taking “Green” back from the idolaters and communists and flakes.

Here’s a digression for you. The International Federation of Christians and Jews has a blog called Stand for Israel, and you can subscribe to updates by using the form on the blog’s front page.

Ms. Matar’s blog entry (I don’t know whether she’s Miss or Mrs. Matar) is titled “ISRAEL, AN EVANGELIST PASTOR, AND A REFORM RABBI.” In it you will get a taste of the frustration religious, clear-thinking Jews feel when they deal with the press and secular and reformed Jews. She points out that John Hagee, a bona fide Bible-thumping American Southerner, gets the picture better than Eric Yoffie, the appeasement-minded leader of Reform Jews in the US. Better than Yuli Tamir, Israel’s Education Minister, who is actively opposing religious education. How odd this must seem to a Jew. Millions of Christians–those pogrom-loving, unwashed, proselytizing ignoramuses who wear scary crosses around their necks–are supporting Eretz Israel, and many Jews are actively opposing it.

You shouldn’t get the impression that Christians are generally more positively disposed toward Israel. I’m sure that’s untrue. But there are about 14 million Jews, and there are over a billion Christians, and even if the supportive fraction of Christians is tiny as a percentage, they may still outnumber pro-Israel Jews by a wide margin. I’ll bet they do. There have to be ten or twenty million in the US alone. In all likelihood, if you could count Israel’s true friends, you would find that most of them are not Jewish.

The bad news is that not all Jews have come around yet. The good news is that the people who have come around are probably richer and more powerful than the Jews, and impossible for the terrorists to reach, and their numbers will probably increase.

Think how wonderful this will be, if it continues. Will it be an end to anti-Semitism? No, that will never happen. But an Israel with its power multiplied manyfold, by the assistance of foreign Gentiles…a Jewry with true non-Jewish friends in the modern era, in large numbers…that would be a major shift and a tremendous blessing. And a fulfillment of prophecy. And a satisfying blow to Israel’s enemies.

While I’m on the subject of Israel, let’s check in on Leah Friedman, the young Haifa blogger who suffered respiratory arrest last week. Her family has been requesting prayer, and they continue to do so. Today a look at her blog reveals good news. She isn’t walking yet, but she has finally spoken. And what did she ask for? A Coke. The national beverage of the United States. She’s also using her hands. Things are getting better; keep her in your prayers. God heals in response to prayer. I’m a witness to it. So pray for Leah today. With a glass of Passover Coke in your hand.

In less important news, I’m headed for the range. I’m going to try my new rimfire scope, with the Nylon 66 and my giant box of bulk .22 bullets! I can’t wait. I love shooting this gun. My dad bought it for me when I was 12, and while I truly enjoy my other guns, this one and the two my grandfather owned are special. If you have a kid, and you haven’t bought your kid a gun and taken him or her to the range or on a hunt, you are missing a great opportunity that will not come around again. When you’re gone, that gun will be a priceless reminder of special childhood moments.

I’m going to tighten the screws on the receiver and see if I can get decent accuracy. If not, my next move will be to get a Savage. People are recommending Marlins, and I’m sure they’re great, but Savage has a reputation for flawless barrels, and they’re really cheap, so that’s what I want. Does anyone know if it’s possible to put a scope on a Mark II-FVT? I love peep sights, but they’re pretty big.

I’ll also take the K31 today. I need to do some grinding on the PSL’s trigger assembly to make it work, and I don’t think I have time before the range opens. Otherwise, I’d take it, too. And I plan to inquire about the shotgun range.

It occurs to me that you can’t be confident in your ability to defend your home unless you know how to hit a moving target. And using a shotgun will give you that skill. Something to think about.