Flight 453 to Boise was scheduled to land at 8:29 pm...it was already 8:40 and we had descended and climbed twice. Captain John prepared us for the moderate-to-severe turbulence over Boise before we left Denver. Still we didn't know we were going to need the proverbial "Wing and Prayer" to land. But there we were 110 passengers and 5 crew members flying the "not-so-friendly skies" on Saturday night.

Prior to Saturday night I didn't fully understand the meaning of being still, yet it was the second time I experienced it and on a plane no less. The pilots were working to get our plane down (in one piece) through 80+ mile per hour winds while dodging micro-burst winds that were covering the Boise airport. (Background: a micro-burst is strong winds that pop up and are known to take down planes)

A hush fell over the plane - as it did the last time I was flying through perilous weather conditions in the early 90s. I was strapped in my jumpseat but I could feel the passengers were frightened. In that situation instead of panicking, for that does not serve faith, they, we all became still ...

The pilots did their job -(yes I agree faith without works is dead when you look at it from that perspective,) but they knew what they were working with. They knew their job wasn't to calm the winds or battle the winds...

They were "STILL" to nature's working as they prepared to land the plane.

Maybe because I am trained to evacuate a plane in an emergency - I was STILL (my emotions were in check) and I let my faith to do its job. I mentally PREPARED to safely deplane my passenger through the jet bridge..

When we were landed (I just realized I wrote "WHEN WE WERE LANDED" ) it was as if we landed in a dust storm in Dorothy's Kansas . It was then I realized (again) that we had passengers on board the plane because my flying partner let out a loud "THANK GOD" and the passengers applauded! .

As we were taxiing -it was almost to the gate when I heard myself saying THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU almost near tears to 'holy ghost' type shouting - but I was poised with emotions in check (STILL) the whole time.

Like I wrote, I didn't know what BEING STILL (POISED) in adverse situations meant fully until Saturday night. "BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD" however is what we 'train' for in our churches. It is that component of FAITH that we very rarely talk about. It is the part of FAITH where we learn, no matter what religion, (although for me it was Christianity so it was to Trust in Jesus Christ) to be POISED i.e., keeping our emotions in check while preparing for THE GOOD.

It is reported, we only have to two emotions, Fear and Love - all other emotions fall near those two... it is those two emotions that scientists are discovering alter our DNA resulting in how we respond to the world we see. In my job, I see and feel only LOVE. For I've prepared to serve and keep safe the passengers in my charge.

Fear has no place in the friendly skies.

Just as we flight attendants and pilots train to keep poised (STILL) with emotions in check in an effort to handle adverse situations in flying; we also train in our churches or in life how to be poised (STILL) during the adverse times so that faith can do its job.

We weren't on the rough seas Saturday night but we were certainly being tossed and blown about - but I can testify panicking does not work in those situations it only throws you into a ball of confusion... BUT PEACE BE STILL We on that flight knew who calmed the rough seas.