There's carbon monoxide alarms, bilge fire alarms, low voltage alarms, high voltage alarms, shore power polarity alarms, ground fault alarms, oil pressure alarms, low fuel alarms, high water alarms, weather alarms, high temperature alarms, low temperature alarms, anchor drag alarms, GPS accuracy alarms, shallow depth alarms, intruder alarms ... you get the idea.
Might sound like there's too many alarms to monitor and keep up with, but 99% of Calypso's alarms might as well be invisible for all the attention they require. The alarms just keep running along quietly in the background ... at least, until one of the myriad forms of danger that might threaten the boat, its systems or its occupants is detected.
At which point all halyards break loose .... and the deafening cacophony of ear-piercing horns, whistles, buzzers or whatever is impossible to miss or ignore.
Considering the kind of catastrophic dangers alarms are designed to prevent, even if an alarm sounds at 4:00 AM and interrupts my snoring, the jarring ruckus of a screeching siren is a good thing.
I like loud alarms because alarms not only protect the vessel, but help keep me safe and physically intact, too.
Kinda makes me wish I had an alarm to warn me in advance about sin and temptation, too.
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What about it? Sure would come in handy if becoming a believer meant getting a built-in S&T (sin and temptation) alarm, wouldn't it?
Think of all the trouble, anguish and heartache we could avoid if we simply had a 24-hour sin alarm that monitored our environment and sounded off to get our attention before we realized we're drowning ... and sinking in water way over our heads.
But maybe we already have a sin alarm, and choose not to notice when the bell starts ringing.
Or we pretend that the ringing inside our heads isn't a warning at all, but a bell signaling it's time to stop working and start sinning ... and to keep on sinning until we've satisfied our craving and had our fill.
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When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.
- James 1:13-14
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.
1 John 3:5-8
