For the past couple days, I’ve had Bob Marley’s song “Small Axe” running through my head. The beat has a “one-two-three” riff that has been lodged deep in my brain, to a degree that’s a bit unusual. Here’s the first verse:<\/p>\n
bq. Why boasteth thyself,
\nO evil man,
\nPlaying smart
\nAnd not being clever?
\nI said, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re working iniquity
\nTo achieve vanity
\nBut the goodness of Jah, Jah
\nEndureth forever
\n
\nSo if you are the big tree,
\nWe are the small axe
\nReady to cut you down
\nTo cut you down<\/p>\n
Will our new little Lucy be a “small axe” of God’s goodness and justice somehow? Will she be like one of history’s many women of prayer and persistence who hunger and thirst after righteousness and bring down “big trees” of iniquity? I guess we’ll have to wait and see (and meanwhile, start her training regimen).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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