Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Breathnach frames hardship as a temporary “dry season,” borrowing a familiar spiritual and seasonal metaphor: drought gives way to rain, and barrenness to renewal. The repeated imperative “Expect…” shifts the reader from passive wishing to active, disciplined hope—an attitude that assumes change is possible even when circumstances look fixed. The line about prayers being answered “in wondrous ways” also widens the idea of fulfillment beyond literal outcomes, suggesting that relief or guidance may arrive indirectly, unexpectedly, or through inner transformation. Overall, the quote functions as pastoral encouragement: endurance is paired with trust that cycles of loss and restoration are part of life’s rhythm.