Laimonis, a young man from Latvia, tells of the need for comfort and of the dark memories that caused him to be grim. At the age of 29, he had a car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He felt completely hopeless and turned to alcohol. Five years later he was a wreck​—a paralyzed alcoholic with no future. From where could he draw comfort?

Such a sure and bright hope inspirited Laimonis, the alcoholic paralytic mentioned in the preceding article. Reading Bible-based literature of Jehovah’s Witnesses, he rejoiced to learn about the new world under God’s Kingdom, where his health could be completely restored. In the Bible, he read the following bright promise of miraculous healing: “At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. At that time the lame one will climb up just as a stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry out in gladness.” (Isaiah 35:5, 6) In order to qualify for life in that Paradise, Laimonis made great changes. He turned from liquor, and his transformation has not gone unnoticed by his neighbors and acquaintances. He now conducts several Bible studies, sharing with others the comfort that Bible-based hope gives.