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About Morgan Monroe Shipman

Welcome to peaceandjoyinjesus.com, inspired by my first published testimonial book, Surrender: Resting In The Peace And Joy Of Jesus. In this space, it is my hearts desire to share about my love for Jesus and how choosing to walk with Him each day has radically changed and is still changing my life.

Before I continue, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Morgan Monroe Shipman. I am a 24 year-old, stay-at-home mama and wife! In 2024, I left my job as a Kindergarten teacher to come home and serve my family. Was that an easy decision to make it? Absolutely not! It took a lot of prayer and pouring my heart out to the Father. When He finally answered, telling me to do it, I became scared. I began to doubt if I heard Him correctly. Fear and doubt became so loud, I almost missed the opportunity. I was fearful of what others would say. I was fearful of how this move would impact mine and my husband’s finances. I was fearful that I would start to feel suffocated and sink back into depression. All of these fears made me start to doubt that this was what the Father wanted me to do. So, I had to surrender. By surrendering, I was able to see that my hearts desire did in fact, align with His will for my life. However, we will save that topic for another blog, Lords willing! It is an entire blog post in itself.

Before publishing my book, I began to grow a love for writing. A few years ago, I was encouraged to start writing my prayers out to God because my prayer life was struggling. As I began to journal my prayers to God, I realized how easy it was to pour my heart out to the Father. Through pouring my heart out to God with pen and paper, I grew a love for writing. Not just writing anything, but writing to and about the Father. Writing gave me a sense of freedom, a sense of confidence, a sense of relief. When I didn’t know how to express my feelings and thoughts to God through speaking, writing helped me with that. I would go as far to say that writing to God, truly helped build my relationship with Him. Though I still write to Him mostly everyday, praying to Him aloud is not a challenge for me anymore. In the same way I was able to let everything out through writing, I began to learn that I can do that through praying aloud as well. He just wanted my heart. And when I didn’t know how to give Him heart, writing helped me with that. It is my hearts desire to use my love for writing for His glory. So, I pray that this space will encourage, uplift, and ignite in you a love for the Father like never before!