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DID YOU KNOW that there's a whole week in November when people celebrate the Bible and why its stories and ideas are still important? It's called National Bible Week, and it happens during the same week as Thanksgiving in the United States. In honor of that week, the Journal talked with four kids about their favorite Bible characters and what they've learned from these characters' lives and stories.

WHEN MY WIFE JOANNE AND I GOT MARRIED 13 years ago, I said "I do" to the whole package. The whole package meant helping to raise her two small boys, Jordan and Jarrod, which was no small task, but one I was ready to dive into.

TODAY, WHEN I THINK ABOUT GRATITUDE, I think about forgiveness—and what God has already done for me. A long time ago, before I came to the United States from Nigeria, a man insulted and harassed me.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I was being sued.

I CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN WHY I didn't join in, but the truth is, I just never did. I'd certainly heard about the power of gratitude.

Mary Baker Eddy Wrote, "Are we really grateful for the good already received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the blessings we have, and thus be fitted to receive more. "   Science and Health, p.

I FELT STUCK ON TWO FRONTS. I wanted to leave my job and start a new career, but the timing didn't seem right.

OUR FIRST CONTACT challenged me to remain calm and cheerful. I had requested some information but was subjected to a barrage of profanity and turned away empty-handed.

IT WAS A TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN EVERYTHING just seemed to be wrong. I was living far from family and most of my friends in a part of the country that I didn't especially care for.

WE HAD ALL BEEN ANTICIPATING THE FAMILY reunion for weeks. Especially since it had been two years since our last one.