'Leaving Babylon'

I almost forgot to explain my cheesy, semi-cliche blogger title, 'Leaving Babylon.' Babylon in the old and new testaments of scripture was a symbol of sin, injustice and despair. That having been said, the idea of leaving Babylon is probably self explanatory. As Christians, our earthly home is still Babylon, but we are no longer citizens of Babylon. We are aliens, strangers and outcasts in this land. While we may not be able to physically leave the city of Babylon, not at least without dying, we can leave behind Babylon's way of thinking, acting and injustice. By exchanging war for peace, hatred for love, injustice for justice, and cynicism for hope, I believe we can leave Babylon.