The Great California Beach Sleep....

We were on Seal Beach in San Diego doing coastal drug interdiction in cooperation with ATF and the DEA. The fun was all around us as Buds were out at all hours doing there best to survive the grueling training they have to endure. My surveillance unit was dropping sonar buoys out along the invisible line in the ocean separating Mexico from the US . We had been there 2 days when one dusky evening we were on the beach in front of our tents watching the Buds practice beach assaults. We watched intently as units signaled in to receive the appropriate landing area. They had to be a mile or so out and we could see there flashes intermittently as the waves bobbed them up and down. We couldn't understand who they were signaling as we seemed to be the only ones on the beach. As they came in the assault was in as complete darkness as the moon would allow.
Some of the units dealt well with the rough surf and others didn't deal well with it. A few of the zodiacs were rolled and they all ended up on the beach waiting in a ready position around their boats. To our surprise and amazement small piles of seaweed started moving toward them. The SEAL instructors had washed up disguised as seaweed right under our noses and we were a surveillance unit! That night I fell asleep to the sound of the ocean beating against the beach a mere 40 feet away. Every time we went back I really looked forward to the sleep knowing someone was out there watching out for me. Knowing that can make you feel special and if you think about it someone is watching out for us all the time. We can't always be by the ocean or some other ideal place for that matter. Realizing that we have someone watching out for us is half the battle, trusting that someone is the other half . So when you think about it every night could be a night on the beach in San Diego. Trust wholly in God and sleep well.
God Bless You All