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…