Intro
Yesterday after work, I was driving in the rain and decided to swing by the Taylorsville Utah Temple to photograph it through the windshield. The lyric asks, “Does the Light of Christ shine in your eyes?” Storms don’t decide that—presence does. The rain softened everything, but the temple remained steady, a quiet reminder of “a beauty from within.”
His Image in Your Countenance (Janice Kapp Perry) — full song
With no apparent beauty that man should Him desire,
He was the promised Savior to purify with fire.
The world despised His plainness, but those who followed Him
Found love and light and purity—a beauty from within.
Chorus
Have you received His image in your countenance?
Does the Light of Christ shine in your eyes?
Will He know you when He comes again, for you shall be like Him?
When He sees you, will the Father know His child?
We seek for light and learning as followers of Christ,
That all may see His goodness reflected in our lives.
When we receive His fulness and lose desire for sin,
We radiate His perfect love—a beauty from within.
The ways of man may tempt us, and some will be deceived,
Preferring worldly beauty, forgetting truth received.
But whisperings of the Spirit remind us once again
That lasting beauty, pure and clear, must come from deep within.
Final Reflection
Two lines won’t leave me: “Does the Light of Christ shine in your eyes?” and “We radiate His perfect love—a beauty from within.” The first is a question of identity; the second is a promise of overflow. Christ does not polish the surface—He converts the source. When His fulness displaces our old appetites, radiance stops being borrowed and starts being reflected. The world chases visibility; disciples seek visibility of Him. And like last night’s view, life can be rainy without being dim. If He is in frame, light still finds us—and then finds others through us.
What I hear now
- Holiness isn’t cosmetic; it’s conducted through a willing heart.
- Eyes preach what lips can’t; let them carry peace.
- Reflection over performance: light, not glare.
- Repent quickly so the window stays clear.
- Trade comparison for compassion; both can’t live in the same face.
- Keep the Temple in frame when the week gets rainy.
- Ask nightly: “Did someone feel His love in my countenance today?”
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