As one crosses the Golden Gate bridge approaching San Francisco, the beauty of the skyline with its hills topped by towers of steel and stone lies ahead. The broad Pacific to the right and the bay to the left, plied by great steamers from the ports of the world as well as by ships of the United States Navy and a multitude of fishing and pleasure craft entering and leaving the harbor, distracts one constantly.
A sign about halfway across the bridge advises, "Stay Alert." To the writer, a commuter in the heavy flow of three-lane traffic, this sign was a constant messenger of Love. With an exacting day's activity ahead, he found the traffic reminder to stay alert was applicable not only as a command but also as a necessity for his day's work.
Alert to what? To claim divine Mind's guidance and protection and the oneness and allness of God's gracious love for all His children; alert to the necessity of seeing all associates as God's ideas, as perfect, harmonious, understanding, cooperative; alert to deny aggressive mental suggestions of limited time, criticism, fatigue, doubt, fear, sin, disease, and death. We should be so conscious of God's omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience that we know error to be an illusory presentation, a lie about God and His idea, man, and say to it in the words of Christ Jesus, "Get thee behind me."
Matt. 16:23
