Week-long vs. Weekly Renewal

In 1 Nephi 17:40, Nephi says "[The Lord]" loveth those who will have him to be their God. Behold he loved our fathers and he conveanted with them, yeah even Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; and he remembered the convenants which he had made." This verse reminded me that covnenants are a two-way promise. We promise to keep the commandments and as we do so the Lord blesses us abundantly. There are so many opportunities that we have to covenant with the Lord, the most frequent of which is the Sacrament. In a testimony meeting I once heard someone talk about how clean and pure they felt when they were baptized. They went on to talk about how they wish that they could feel like that again. I wanted to shout out from my seat, "but you can! The Sacrament allows us all to feel that." I continued to reflect on this and realized that I am greatly under-utilizing the power of that holy ordinance. The sacrament is more than an ordinance that lasts a few moments on Sunday morning. The sacrament should be a way of life. Everything that we do during the week should culminate to those few quiet moments as we partake of the bread and water. How pure would we be if we knelt in prayer each evening, keeping the Sacrament at the forefront of our minds! We could feel just as pure as the day we are baptized!