Don't Study It...

And I am "studying" stewardship.  And it is good.  And we should study what we don't know.  And we should study what we do know.  And then...

I discover a Japanese proverb: "Don't study something.  Get used to it."

This way of being generous in the world as Jesus teaches is something we love to study.  Read the biblical passages.  Talk about them.  Write books and blogs on them.  Marvel at how astoundingly generous Jesus is with time and spirit.  Think maybe if we study it enough, we'll figure out how to do it...how to get others to do it.

Or maybe, we should "get used to it" instead.  Perhaps the point is to practice generosity.  Maybe that's the best study we can do.