The blessing of darkness

Stars can't shine without darkness. Unknown

True fact. We can't see the stars until there is darkness. And the beauty of darkness is that there are stars that shine. So even in darkness we have a little bit of light. There's always a little bit of light (i.e. hope, faith, etc). Grace gives us pinpoints of light in the dark. Look for them. Be grateful for them. I'm going to take it a step further and say be grateful for the dark which enables those pinpoints of light to shine. We wouldn't see them or be aware of them otherwise. And those stars hold treasure for us. They are hidden by light and are only revealed by darkness. This is what came to mind in relation to today's quote..."I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name." (Isaiah 45:3) Some treasures we will only find in the darkness.

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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.

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.

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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