The Laments of Women in the Bible – 4

The Christian Working Woman · Jul 16, 2026 · 3m

Presented by Jenn Miller What do the women of the Bible teach us about lament? Often when I think of lament, I think of casting the burdens of life at the Lord’s feet. But the Bible also instructs Christians to lament their sin. In Luke 7, a woman does just that. We don’t know much about her, not even her name. The main detail we are given is she had lived a sinful life in that town. In the verses that follow, she comes to Jesus weeping, her tears dripping onto his feet. She dries his feet with her hair and then anoints them with precious perfume. This was not only a display of worship, but a…