<TITLE>10. Par 32-34</TITLE>L-32 Now, I got a wife, how I love her, sweetest woman on earth to me. Now, we're not--we're... We believe in--we believe that God is love. And if God is love, then He loves us so much that He gave His only begotten Son that we might be saved. Now, when I go overseas, I don't call Mrs. Branham in, say, "My dear Mrs. Branham, I'm taking a trip overseas; thou shalt not have any other husbands while I'm gone. Thou shalt not make eyes at anyone while I'm gone."
Well now, if she'd creach--catch me by the tie and say, "Wait a minute, Mr. Branham, thou shalt have no other wives or even sweethearts while you're gone." Now, wouldn't that be a home? No. That ain't it. If it would, I'd be scared all the time; she would too.
But the thing of it is, I--I love her. And I say, "Sweetheart, the Lord's called me overseas."
"Well, thank the Lord." She has to stay home, you know, and take care of the children.
And so, what do we do? Get down in the floor and pray, bring our little kiddies around and we pray. And she pray, "God, take care of Bill; I can't be much help but I'll--I'll--I'll do all I can here with the children."
And then I kiss her good bye. "Bye, sweetheart." As long as I love her like that, don't you worry. As long as she loves me like that, there's not a worry in the world. It ain't what I'm forced to do; it's what I do by love.
And that's what it is by God. We--we quit doing these things, not because, say, "Well, I--I--I--I oughtn't to go to picture shows; I oughtn't to dance; I oughtn't to smoke; I oughtn't to drink, 'cause I'm a Christian I shouldn't do it, yet I want to do it." You might as well do it. See? When you love God, you--you just do it--you don't do it because you love God. See?

L-33 Now, what if overseas, if I'd come back, and I took some lady out, and took her out somewhere riding and come back and took her in and said, "Good night to you," and so forth. And--and--and I--I know I'd have to tell Meda about that. Well, I believe she'd forgive me for it. I--I--I'd say, "Meda, I--I did it." I'd go confess it and say, "I did it. I--I'm sorry I did it."
I know she'd say, "Bill, I forgive you for it." But that would haunt me the rest of my days, that poor little fellow, I know what--how I love her. No matter what I had to go through, I wouldn't hurt her for nothing. I love her too much. I... That's my love for her. Yes, sir.

L-34 I--I go, and away from home, away from my children, where my heart bleeds to be there with them. Little Joseph called me the other day when I was leaving, you know, sometimes change in water sometimes makes us sick. He walked out; he wanted to come with me so bad, he'd been crying all morning. And he walked out to the porch; he looked out, and straightened his little self up, and rubbed his big eyes, looked out, said, "Daddy?"
I said, "Yes, son?"
He said, "God bless you, and may you never get sick." He's just four years old, little bitty fellow. Oh, my.
Little fellow sees visions and everything. And I--someday when I'm done, I want to take my Bible and hand It over in Joseph's hand, say, "Honey, stay with it; don't compromise on it; stay right there. I want you to stay right with the Word."


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