Greys Anatomy star Sarah Drew reveals pastor fathers advice that changed her life

Sarah Drew has never forgotten the advice she received from her father, a pastor, that changed her life.The “Grey’s Anatomy” alum is starring in the new Lifetime film airing Saturday, “When I Said I Do,” as Ali Corley, a widowed search-and-rescue K-9 handler who rebuilt her life and found love again after losing her husband on the job.The actress told Fox News Digital that faith has always been the foundation of her life.During her darkest struggles, she turned to her father for words of wisdom rooted in the Bible.“One of the biggest, scariest risks that I leaped into was choosing to become a mom,” the 45-year-old told Fox News Digital.

“I took the risk, and I was pregnant.I was probably about six months pregnant, and I had been having panic attacks.”“I’d been so caught up with anxiety about all of it,” she admitted.

“I was worried I was going to screw up.I was worried for my kids that I wasn’t going to have the necessary selflessness that’s required.

I was worried that I was too self-absorbed to do this well.[I was worried that] I would resent the fact that [my kids] were … demanding things from me.”“There were so many big fears that I had walking into [motherhood],” she said.At the time, Drew was starring in “Grey’s Anatomy,” one of America’s biggest television shows.

She and her husband, Peter Lanfer, were preparing to welcome their first child after a decade of marriage.From the outside, life seemed picture-perfect, but behind the scenes, Drew was overwhelmed by fear, terrified of becoming a mother and uncertain she was ready for the challenges ahead.Drew did what she knew best — she reached out to her father.“I remember writing to my dad and just saying, ‘Do you have any advice or any wisdom or any Scripture that you can point me toward that could help combat this fear? Because it’s really overwhelming,’” she recalled.

“And he wrote back with some really lovely Bible verses that I have taken to...