In this modern world of mass media, through advertising, cinema, television and the World Wide Web, we are inundated with false images of love, sex and marriage. We are bombarded with misleading ideas and, even if we are able to keep our minds pure, it is still very easy for inaccurate concepts to worm their way in and have their debilitating effect on us. All of us - single, married, divorced or widowed, young or old, male or female - need to be crystal clear on this vital subject.
One of the purposes of this commentary is to help us to see how lovely the Lord Jesus is, how attractive, how appealing. The aim is for us to see again something of Christ''s beauty and glory, his comeliness and splendour, and so to be drawn to him. The Song of Songs can be of tremendous help in this direction.