For Monday, April 15: Saying Yes

When you are shaken out of your comfortable routines, grip My [God] hand tightly and look for growth opportunities. Instead of bemoaning the loss of your comfort, accept the challenge of something new. I [God] lead you on from glory to glory, making you fit for My kingdom. Say yes to the ways I [God] work in your life. Trust me and don't be afraid. Sarah Young, Jesus Calling - April 15

Well if today's quote for the day doesn't fit my life recently I'm not sure what does. I think the second sentence is the one that really gets me. "Instead of bemoaning the loss of your comfort, accept the challenge of something new." Yep. That's pretty much where I'm at. It's been hard to leave the comfort of Young Life and the work I do there. And I've been trying not to bemoan it but I have been. It's been hard to gather up the energy to leave the comfortable and allow myself to be challenged. But you know what? If I say "no" then I'm saying "no" to personal growth, to God's desire to work in my life, to new things that could end up being really good. If I say "no" then I am telling God I don't trust him with my life. If I say "no" then I am letting fear have a hold on me. So I say "yes" even though I'm unsure and afraid and "bemoaning". I say "yes" and I get to see God do some radical things in my life.

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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