Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Tanya Wilmuth.

Have you ever had a moment that you couldn't fix, you couldn't outrun, you really just couldn't do it on your own?

This is not just a hard day, but an actual breaking point where you

realize I can't do this. Or maybe you realize I am just not enough. I remember one of those

moments vividly. One summer afternoon, I took my four littles to our neighbor, Mr. Tapp's pool.

He traveled pretty often and he had just invited us to come over when he was away. The kids

were really small, so I honestly don't know what I was thinking.

They were six months, three, five, and seven.

And I was in the pool.

I was holding the baby when one of the older kids launched off the rope swing into the deep end

without one of those pedal jumpers on, without a life jacket on, without anything on, actually.

So I had this instant panic. It's the kind where your body freezes

before it actually moves because I had a baby in my arms who couldn't swim in the pool. I had another

child already in the water who was sinking to the bottom of the deep bend. And there was only one of me.

Without really thinking, I gently kind of tossed the baby over my shoulder into the shallow

end where I could reach her really quickly. I swam for the sinking toddler. I pulled her up and I made

it back to the baby just in time. It was over in seconds. The kids don't remember other than me

telling them about it, but it just really left me completely unraveled. Because of course, like you, I would do anything

to save my kids. But I knew right then there's some things I can't do. I can't be in all places.

I can't hold it all. I am not enough. And the older our kids get, if we have them,

or the heavier our life gets, whatever stage we're in,

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