Leviticus 15

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Leviticus 15:19, When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.

This chapter deals with abnormal male discharges and normal and abnormal female discharges.  What a fun chapter! According to the law, when a woman had her monthly period, she was unclean for seven days.  Whatever and whoever she touched would also be considered unclean. At first, I had a tendency to be put off when I read this.  What do you mean a woman is unclean because she's on her period?  She has no choice in this matter!  But after I thought about it a bit, I wonder if this wasn't a time of respite for women.  In a world where they worked constantly caring for children, cooking, and cleaning, there was one week a month during which they removed themselves from the world and got a little break.  Other women probably stepped up and cared for their families.  Then, they would care for the children of these other women when it was their time of the month.  What initially appears punitive may in fact be healing and restful.

Let's pray...God, there is so much we don't know or understand.  Your ways are so much higher than our ways.  We trust you and thank you for always caring for us, in the big and small things of life.  In Jesus' Name, Amen.