March 2026 Newsletter

Happy Adar!

Amazingly, last month we had 10 inches of snow and this month it feels like Spring!

Adar is the Hebrew month a

ssociated with joy, identity, and divine reversals. It is a month to regain our strength (Nehemiah 8:10) and see curses reversed to blessings! During this month we observe Purim, marking the occasion when Haman the Amalekite's scheme against the Jewish people was uncovered and ultimately turned back on him and his family. Instead of a curse, the Jewish people received a blessing, gaining the lawful authority and power to fight for their freedom. They celebrated this victory, and called it Purim, which is a time to celebrate each year. (Esther 9)

A key to this victory was when Esther chose to step into her God given identity as a queen. She risked everything to approach the king of Medo Persia. Esther was orphaned due to the Amalekites attack and murder of her parents. She was raised by a relative named Mordecai. Esther chose to listen to Mordecai's wisdom concerning this evil plot, and that her true identity as queen had to do with this great calling to save her people.

Esther 4:14 says:

For if you remain silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father's house will perish [since you did not help when you had the chance]. And who knows whether you have attained royalty for such a time as this [and for this very purpose]?"

Esther bypassed her bloodline trauma to step into her destiny and identity to overturn the curse.

Last month I taught a portion of a workshop on trauma for a group of ladies. The Lord reminded me of a traumatic experience I had as a child that He wanted me to share.

I was around 9 years old getting ready to go on summer vacation with my family. I had been sewing something for a doll. I dropped the needle on the floor and couldn't find it. While rushing with my parents, I stepped on a needle. It went up into my foot between my big and second toe and broke off. It was excruciating. I told them, but they couldn't find where it entered my foot. So, we proceeded to go on our trip. The whole time, for two or three weeks, I was in terrible pain. I tried to have fun, but I was in too much pain. My dad tried to locate and dig it out, but he failed. Then it was even more painful. I had to adjust my walk and try to sleep and function, with constant pain. The pain felt like it became a part of me.

After we got home, I went to see the doctor. An x-ray exposed the needle which by now had lodged into the bone and was calcifying, becoming a part of the bone. Thankfully, it was removed through surgery, allowing me to recover and regain my ability to walk. I've spent much of my life as a dancer. Walking was hard; dancing was impossible. This portion of my identity was under attack.

Trauma affects many individuals and their families across generations. Many people internalize emotional and spiritual pain as part of their identity. The trauma and attacks they and their families have endured are unnoticed by others, except for their gait, limp, and occasional behaviors or physical signs.

This month God wants to shine His light on the hurt, pull it out and reverse the curse to blessings. He will restore strength and victory over the plans of the enemy. God's goal is to get us back to the joy of knowing Him and being who He created us to be.

Like Esther, this month let's allow God to heal us, stretch us and restore what the enemy has stolen. Break off the curses of the past and agree and decree God's victory!!

Blessings,

Dr. Patty Graham