The truth might be that in its initial stages unlimited love is very impractical. Folks who are determined enough to hold on to it usually wind up on a cross, like Jesus. Their goods get plundered and they get slandered. Persecution is their lot. Surely nobody would be inclined to call this practical. Yet in its final stages, unlimited love seems to be the only thing that can possibly make sense. Crucifixions have a way of being followed by resurrections. The end of love seems to be its beginning. Only those who are foolish enough to lose their life find it. It's the grain of wheat which falls into the ground and dies that lives.

Clarence Jordan, Clarence Jordan: Essential Writings by Clarence Jordan, Joyce Hollyday, editor