C.S. Lewis on the Hardest Kind - Anglican (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

C.S. Lewis observed that it's easier to love humanity in general than the specific person annoying you. "Love is not irritable"—but your spouse, coworker, or neighbor can be genuinely irritating. Lewis said real love isn't warm feelings; it's willing the other's good, especially when they're being difficult. 1 Corinthians 13 describes love with difficult people: patient with the slow, kind to the ungrateful, not recording the repeated offenses. That's where love gets real—and hard.