My Husband and the Music Patrol!
Written by: Kathy Curry
My husband finally told me that he got stopped by the MP (military police) on post the other day. Being in the military as long as he has, typically he doesn’t break the law, especially on post. He doesn’t speed. He usually comes to a complete stop. He doesn’t make illegal turns. I just couldn’t imagine what they could have stopped him for. I’m sitting there in anticipation as he runs down the details of where he was. He gives very explicit, detailed explanations, it took a minute, but finally he got to it; he was stopped for playing gospel music too loud. lol. I was just floored! In my many years, I have never seen a car get pulled over, with the flashing lights and sirens, for playing loud music! And gospel to boot!
I know it happens; I have just never been witness to it. I guess my shock was because it was gospel. When they stopped him, he was bouncing around and as he called it, “getting his praise on”. I wonder if their real concern was not how loud the music was playing but how rowdy he appeared while driving. He probably did look a little crazy. But it was gospel music! Music that is spreading the good news! Truthfully, there are times when getting my praise on in the car and bouncing around like I ain’t got a lick of sense, is the difference between my sanity and breaking down in tears! Sometimes I just need that time to change the course of my day and my mind-set. So it just makes me wonder, how could he possibly get stopped for playing Kirk Franklin’s Hero?
I stopped and thought about it. I guess loud music is loud music. It can be distracting and annoying regardless of the genre. This is one of those things that made me really think. Maybe deep down, I thought he should be entitled because of the type of music it was. This is one of those things where we as Christians, well let me speak for me, I sometime get on my high horse and think I will receive special treatment because I am living a life “better than the average person”. Not so and how dare I think so! My husband got pulled over for loud, Christian, gospel, foot stomping, church music as if it were hard rock, profanity filled rap, heavy metal, etc.! At 51 years old, he was no better than the energy filled teen, driving down the street with the bass so loud; you can feel it beating in your chest. At that moment he was just another violator! lol. My husband a lightweight, short-lived criminal!
I guess there is no real point to my story except: apparently the police either have nothing better to do than to stop someone just because, or they are very diligent in keeping the noise pollution down, even if I don’t consider it pollution! Loud music is just that, loud music!
What do you think about getting pulled over for playing gospel music? Holla back but not too loud…
Tags: Christians, gospel, husband, music, police
August 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Reminds me of the time I got pulled over for singing one of my favorite songs too loud:
Though we’ve got to say good-bye
For the summer
Darling, I promise you this
I’ll send you all my love
Everyday in a letter
Sealed with a kiss
CHORUS:
Yes it’s gonna be cold, lonely summer
But I’ll fill the emptiness
I’ll send you all my dreams
Everyday in a letter
Sealed with a kiss
I’ll see you in the sunlight
I’ll hear your voice everywhere
I’ll run to tenderly hold you
But, Darlin’ you won’t be there
I don’t wanna say good-bye
For the summer
Knowing the love we’ll miss
Let us make a pledge
To meet in September
And seal it with a kiss
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(Brian Hyland)
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 am
Just stopped over here to thank you for being one of my July EC Top Droppers.
Kristie
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August 2nd, 2008 at 6:46 am
Who me???
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
Thanks Kristie. Hope to see you again.
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:20 am
BAH HUMBUG!
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
loud music is loud. bring it down a notch or 2. but what makes gospel music, gospel music? what makes secular music secular? am i going to hell if i listen to any other music than gospel? i am wrong if i listen to otis reading, sittin’ by the dock of the bay watchin’ time roll away, and then i start whistlin’? is there just two kinds of music, gospel and secular? what if we just call music-music?- i’m thru, pray my strenghth in the lord.
August 2nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
You stole my line. I was gonna say that…if you had just given me time…….
August 3rd, 2008 at 5:21 am
well Clyde the only thing I can say in response to your qyestion is two things. My pastor did a short series on music years ago and explained how consciously and subconsciously music gets into your spirit. It is the one thing that can impact us without us realizing it at all! It is important to consciously think about what you are listening to. The second thing that kind of goes along with that is, as I researched music to buy for my “about to be born” niece, I was shocked at the websites I went to and how very important it is to monitor what type of music is played for a baby. They even discouraged playing many types of what is sold in the stores as “baby music”. Why? Again because of the affect music has on a person.
We can call music music but we both know, there is a difference in genres of music and how they affect you. Wouldn’t you be amazed if you walked up on your pastor listening to profanity filled rap or heavy metal right before he walked out to the pulpit to preach? With your theory, music is music, so is that alright? Well, I wouldn’t want someone who is about to pour into my spirit having that in their spirit right before coming out to preach to me. But different strokes for different folks!
Of course I, nor anyone, can say you are going to hell for anything you do, that is up to our Lord and Savior.