Small and Simple Things

Up here in most of my music classes we use the gospel as a way to teach us new concepts. In theory to describe chord progressions by using "the straight and narrow path" and for rules we use the "ten commandments of the Barock period". And a lot of the times my theory teacher will apply gospel principles to motivate us.
Well, I was in sacrament meeting today and came up with a little comparison. In my voice lessons that I have been taking we have been told to keep everything feeling free and supported. That way we don't feel tension. If there is tension, then something is wrong (with the slight exception of the pissagio). Also, I've been noticing that singing is anything but natural. It involves using your body in a way you normally wouldn't have thought to use it. You have to move certain things a certain way and try to make sure other things are static. You need correct posture and alignment and you need to breathe correctly.
So how does this compare to the gospel? Well, just as singing should feel free and easy, the gospel allows us freedom. If we are moving this and this right, or if we are living the way we have been taught, we are granted more freedom. More opportunity. The way has been laid out perfectly for us by our Savior, Jesus Christ. If we just live the gospel principles we can be granted the privilege of living with our Heavenly Father and family again after we die.
But the thing that struck me the most is that to produce a beautiful sound with our voices we must do what is unnatural. This is true in relation to the gospel as well. By overcoming the natural man, we allow ourselves to be instruments in God's hands, for he does not dwell in unholy temples. But if we allow him to work through us, beautiful "music" can inspire and change lives. So we see, through "small and simple things are great things brought to pass" (Alma 37:6).