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When Life Gives You Lemons???

           (I don't have a picture of lemons, but don't these cupcakes look delicious? Lol)

   It was one of those mornings. I was in a bit of a rush and it was the one time ever that I woke up and my hair was doing amazing things. Yeah, never happens. I needed a shower cap in a really bad way. I started digging through cabinets and bathroom drawers. Hair bands, bobby pins and half empty shampoo bottles were flying all over. I knew that I had seen a shower cap around there somewhere. I just knew. I jogged my memory as quickly as possible and came to the realization that there was a shower cap in the bottom drawer of the kitchen. There it was! With its cute little rubber ducks printed all over it! I grabbed the shower cap, ran to the bathroom, started running the water and proceeded to pull the cap over my hair, only, I couldn't get the cap over my head. I squeezed, I stretched, I grunted, I screamed. I investigated the cap and it appeared to be defective in some way. The elastic may have been pulled too tight but this cap was way to small for my head. I came to the earth shattering realization that I may have a freakishly large head. I abandoned the shower cap and continued getting ready for school. I opened the bathroom door, handed the cap to my mom and said, "These shower caps stink! 

My mom stood with a puzzled look on her face and said,"What shower caps?" 
"The ones in the kitchen drawer, with the rubber duckies on them.", I answered.
In that instant my mom let out a loud chuckle. I realized that I had done what I normally do, something goofy. 
She said," Those aren't ducks, they're lemons. That's not a shower cap. It's a bowl cover!" 

 In that moment I chose to look at my little mishap as a discovery. Had I selected a larger bowl cover, it could indeed be used as a shower cap. 

 There are a few lessons to be learned from this. Things aren't always how we perceive them. I am certainly thankful that I am not how some people perceive me. I had a friend tell me once that she thought me to be a snob because of how I dressed but later learned that I am very approachable and kind. (Totally blushing) 

 I am so thankful that God truly sees things as they are. Even me and my goofy ways. 

 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (I Samuel 16:7 NKJV)

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