I WAS BARELY OUT OF MY TEENS when I left my parents' home in Mumbai (then Bombay), India, to study in London. After returning to Bombay, I started my own business and was making a good living shortly after my return. This made me financially independent. My study of Christian Science had guided me in all these endeavors and had been an extremely important part of my life since I was a child. My mother practiced Christian Science, despite pretty fierce opposition from my dad.
One night as I was studying the Weekly Bible Lesson, I heard a clear mental direction to sell up and leave. I felt this was a message from God, and it came unexpectedly. At first, what I shoud do seemed vague. In prayer I asked God, "Father, if this is coming from you, you'll have to be more clear. Sell up and go where? And why now, when I have just established myself, not only with a lucrative business but in a really nice home?"
That night I ended up dismissing the idea of moving away as a mistaken thought trying to disrupt the smooth course of my life. But the next evening, again as I was in deep contemplation over the Bible Lesson, I felt a clear directive with the same message as the night before. I stopped reading and sat still until I felt God's presence all around me. I humbly asked God to show me what He meant, as I had no idea where I was to go.
