There's Something About That Name

Jesus. There's just something about that name. It promotes healing and division. Jesus came to divide, he came to show us ourselves and our need for God. That divides. He was not some mansy pansy carpenter who had aspirations to be a martyr. He was, he is, the Son of God who came to show the world their need for a Savior and he was God's chosen Savior. So he came to divide us from sin and then he provides the healing we need. There's just something about that name.
I have a really clear visual of my Mom singing this song in church on Sunday mornings. In my memory I'm looking up at her singing this song and really feeling this song. I love that visual of her.
I really love this simple song. It's a favorite of mine.

There's Something About That Name (Gaither's)
There's Something About That Name (Sonicflood - ignore the video, the remixed song is one of my fave's!)

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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