Danica McKellar, who is best known for playing Winnie Cooper on the classic 1980s television show The Wonder Years, found God later in life thanks to her close friend Candace Cameron Bure of Full House fame. In a new interview, McKellar is opening up about how becoming a Christian has actually made her a better mother.
‘Faith Guides Everything’
“Faith guides everything, including parenting,” McKellar, 49, said. “For me, my faith journey has led me to the most comforting place of knowing that I can consult with God at any time.”
“This is so comforting to me to have this other guiding force in my life,” she continued. “Having that relationship, having that faith means that when trials and tribulations happen, because they still happen, there’s like all that in-between time.”
McKellar, who is currently reading the full Bible for the second time, is the mother of a 14 year-old son named Draco. She went on to say that she “used to spend a lot more time worrying and stressing out about how to make decisions and what to do next and ‘What if, what if.”
Now, however, “Knowing it’s in God’s hands means that even when things happen that I don’t think I want to have happen, I can say, ‘Well, let me just be curious about this. I wonder what the big plan is that I can’t see.'”
McKellar also said that it’s “incredible what that perspective shift does for you,” and added that finding her faith has been “an amazing journey.”
“Two and a half years now since I found the Lord,” she gushed. “And it’s been incredible.”
It’s a good reminder that anyone can find their faith.
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Cameron Bure Helped McKellar Find God
In December of last year, McKellar opened up about how Cameron Bure helped her to find God.
“I’ve been around Christianity my whole life in some way, shape or form,” she explained at the time, “but it never really clicked. And my good friend Candace Cameron Bure, . . . she brought me to church. And all I can say is that something happened . . . I was flooded with this love and understanding.”
Cameron Bure took McKellar to a Passion play. This changed her life forever, as she “suddenly understood.”
“Everything I always thought about there being some higher power and wanting to do the right thing, just because it’s the right thing, when no one’s watching, why that matters, and it all just came into focus,” she said. “And I feel so blessed.”
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McKellar Avoided The Child Star Curse
Unlike many other former child stars, McKellar has avoided major pitfalls. Indeed, she admitted that “former child stars get kind of a bad name.”
“There are pitfalls, but I don’t think it’s quite as common as you might be led to believe,” she stated. “But I definitely credit my parents for never overemphasizing the importance of fame.”
McKellar praised her parents encouraging her to take a break from acting to pursue her math degree.
“I took a break, and I really just got away from Hollywood, and I really explored my brain, and it was incredibly satisfying and important for my own development and important for not having my sense of self so connected to success in the business, since success in the business is so fickle,” she concluded.
It often seems harder than ever to find Christian role models in Hollywood these days. Bless McKellar for continuing to use her platform to spread the word of God!
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