Spiritual Minded Military Michigan National Guard: Why Is 3 AM My Most Awake Hour? The Watchman Protocol
THE HOUR NO ONE TALKS ABOUT
You can guess what hour I am referring to.
Not 11 PM. Not midnight. Not 1 AM. Evening hours these are. At that time people are awake. Television is on. Phones are lit. You are not all alone at 11 PM.
It is 3 AM and you are alone.
All the rest of Michigan is asleep. Detroit is quiet. Grand Rapids is black. Lansing is still here. Streetlights and your phone screen are the only light sources. All one can hear is the breath of their own and the traffic on I-75 that never ceases.
You are exhausted. You have been tired for days and days. But restlessness will not befall us. Your eyes are open. You are biting your teeth. Your mind is going through all the missions, all the poor things you did, and all the moments that you want to repeat.
Your most awake time is 3 AM. You hate it. You cannot stop it.
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning." — Psalm 130:5-6
WHY YOUR BODY CHOSE 3 AM
Adrenal glands are cyclic. At 6 AM, cortisol increases to wake up. The cortisol level decreases during the day. When you are at 3 AM, your body is the lowest. Your defenses are downed. Your defenses are downed.
The enemy is aware of this. He waits for 3 AM. He is patient.
Memories are also processed by your brain when you sleep. The initial half of the night is storage. The latter part of the night is to revise. It is 3 AM and your brain is going through all that you would have preferred to forget.
This is known to the enemy. He is sitting in the review session.
3 AM is not a condition. An ambush point is 3 AM.
"Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children." — Lamentations 2:19
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THE THREE WATCHES
There are three watches in the night. Every watch serves a purpose. Every watch possesses a pose.
6 PM to 10 PM (The Release)
You are in mission mode. The adrenaline is wearing out. The cortisol is decreasing. This is a transition watch.
What you do: When you get home, put on your Spiritual Minded Military shirt. Not for bed. For the watch. The signal that your brain requires is "I am on watch now. " The watch is different. The watch is at rest.
What you avoid: No alcohol. The transition is robbed by alcohol. It anesthetizes the discharge. You must experience the change, not be afraid of it.
10 PM to 2 AM (The Storage)
The day is being filed by your brain. Your body is beginning to heal. This watch is one of surrender.
What to do: Cellular Hydrate Electrolyte Formula: 1 scoop in 4 ounces of water. To warn your nervous system, it requires minerals to communicate the shutdown. No shutdown, no minerals.
What you avoid: No screens. The daylight light informs your brain that it is day. Your brain is informed that there are threats in the content. You cannot fight and file in your brain at the same time.
2 AM to 6 AM (The Watch)
You are awake. It is not a failure. This is your duty.
What you do: Fight not against it. Rage not against it. Do not write on your phone. Sit up. Place your feet on the floor. Watch.
Watch the darkness. Watch the street. Watch the room. Pray for your family. Pray for your unit. Pray for the Michigan Guard troops, who are also there at 3 AM.
So you are telling me I am the watchman. I am not afraid. I watch till the dawn. This watch stops at sunrise. The morning never fails. The sun has never been down.
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THE THREE 3 AM DECEPTIONS
The enemy is talking at 3 AM. He possesses three typical lies. Learn them. Counter them.
You are alone
No other one is up. No one cares. Nobody would notice that you have vanished.
Counter: There is never a time when you are alone at 3 AM. The watchman never comes off the wall. Other Michigan Guard troops are on the alert. Their eyes have been opened. Their cell phones are black. They are following you. You are unable to see them. They are there.
You are shattered
Normal people sleep. Something is amiss with you. You will not be fixed ever.
Counter: You have not broken. You are a watchman. The watchman is not asleep; the watchman is the guard. There is nothing wrong with your not sleeping. Your sleeplessness is your vocation.
The darkness will have no end
At 3 AM, the night seems everlasting. You have forgotten what a morning is like. And here thou shalt abide in this darkness always.
Counter: The dawn never betrays. Never in the history of man. The sun shall shine over Detroit. The sun will shine above Grand Rapids. The sun will shine on the Upper Peninsula. The dawn is coming. You need only watch until it comes.
Name the lie when the enemy is talking. Say it out loud. That is Lie One. I am not alone. Your voice is an enchantment.
THE MORNING AFTER
You are tired. You are exhausted. You will be tired tomorrow.
That is the cost of the watch. The watchman does not get full sleep. The watchman gets naps. The watchman rests when he can. The watchman knows that the watch is worth the exhaustion.
But the watchman is not alone in the morning either.
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The Cellular Hydrate – Electrolyte Formula is your morning reset. Your body lost minerals during the watch. Minerals are how your nerves reset. Replace them.
Your Spiritual Minded Military shirt stays on. You are still on watch. The watch does not end at sunrise. The watch changes posture. From watching the darkness to walking in the light.
THE PROMISE OF DAWN
The dawn always comes.
You have seen it a hundred times. You will see it again tonight. The darkness feels permanent. The dawn proves it is not.
You are not broken for being awake. You are not cursed for watching. You are assigned.
God does not sleep. God does not need to sleep. God assigned you to watch because He wanted someone on the wall who knows what the darkness feels like.
The Michigan National Guard taught you to fight. The Watchman Protocol teaches you to watch. Fighting and watching are not the same. Fighting exhausts you. Watching sustains you.
The dawn is coming. You just have to watch until it arrives.
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning." — Psalm 130:5-6
Conclusion
Michigan National Guard, you have been fighting the 3 AM battle with no protocol. You have been lying there, exhausted, listening to the enemy's lies, believing that something is wrong with you.
Nothing is wrong with you. You are a watchman. The enemy assigned you to the most vulnerable hour because he fears what you will see.
See it anyway.
Watch the darkness. Name the lies. Pray for the sleeping. Wait for the dawn.
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This is the Spiritual Minded Military Watchman Protocol for the Michigan National Guard. The night is long. The dawn is certain. Watch until it comes. Fall in.
The Remnant does not transition. The Remnant re-enlists.
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