Emphasis Preaching Journal

Consider tears. Consider them in a culture which believes it is a virtue to "Keep a stiff upper lip" in times of adversity and grief.

Both Testaments are filled with the accounts of people weeping. Tears are shed for sins, for grief, remorse and pain. One woman anointed Jesus' feet, it is said, "with her tears." Indeed, such an anointing was considered a gift by Jesus for what it told him of her soul. They were undoubtedly a welcome sight compared to those whose hardness of heart prevented them from sharing in the gift of tears.