When disaster arrives in waves—floods returning to already-devastated regions, storms bearing down on populated coasts, boats capsizing with families aboard, illness emerging without warning—there is a moment before response, before hope, before rebuilding. There is only the rawness of loss and the need to speak it aloud. The Psalmist knew this posture: not demanding answers or swift resolution, but pouring out complaint before God as an act of faithfulness itself. Today’s news invites us to sit with those who suffer, to acknowledge that some moments call not for explanation but for witness, and to remember that even lament is a form of prayer.