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My wife and I were interviewed some time ago by the very man who interviewed President Hinckley, Mike Wallace. We were at the open house of the Manhattan Temple. At some point in our chat with him by the way, he had great regard for President Hinckley), he said something like this, looking at my wife “Why are Mormon women so lovely?” We learned later that he has not had a happy married life; he’s had four wives: not simultaneously Before Ann could answer, I thought of Parley P. Pratt, and I said, “It’s the best—kept beauty secret in the world. It is the Spirit of God.” Parley P. Pratt taught that the Spirit “develops beauty of person, form and features.” Then Mike Wallace turned to Ann, and she said, “It’s fidelity.” That’s a great answer. She had in mind fidelity in the sense of honoring and keeping our covenants with Christ, but also honoring our covenants with each other: fidelity in marriage. And she also meant faithfulness in marking and walking the path that Christ has laid out for us. That does make a difference, even in our physical appearance. I testify that that is so. I believe that in the Church itself not everyone is aware of how conspicuous that beauty and that light is in the eyes and faces of the faithful, but those who have the same spirit recognize it.Share
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