I stopped at WalMart the other morning on my way into the office. It was early & there weren’t many customers or workers in the store. As I came through the meat section & on into the bakery a young lady came out of the back room dressed as though she was ready to start working but the look on her face told a very different story. IF she was awake at all it wasn’t by much.
She was clearly unaware that she almost ran into me. The scene was so comical it was begging for a line like, “Hey Sleepy where’s Dopy & Doc?” or “Excuse me, are you sleep walking or walk sleeping?” With much restraint I withheld all my comments & let the poor girl stagger off to her section of the store. I wish I was always that good at keeping my mouth shut. May our study in James today help us to choose our words more wisely & practice silence more often.