Yves Gashugi 
Introduction
Tailor! Tailor! Seamstress! What comes to mind when you hear these words? Perhaps you immediately recall the tailor who made you a beautiful garment admired by many, so much so that others asked for the tailor’s contact to have their own clothes made!
On the other hand, you might remember tailors who made poorly fitting clothes, delayed returning your garments, or even stole your fabric, forcing you to accept ill-fitting clothes. Such experiences have led many of us to put all tailors in the same category, labeling them as unreliable or worse, making it difficult nowadays to trust any tailor. Have you forgiven that tailor?
Perhaps you were betrayed by someone who wasn’t even a tailor, and you have lost the heart to forgive. Often, we focus on judging what others have done to us rather than reflecting on what we have done to them. Let us remember that God will not judge us based on what others did to us, but based on what we have done to others!
There is a saying: “What you criticize in others, there are those who criticize in you.” Even though sometimes we struggle to forgive those who hurt us, let us remember that others tolerate our faults as well.
Tabita Doruka
Often, the wounds caused by certain people are attributed to the group, region, or profession they belong to, but such judgments are usually not based on truth, but rather on the pain we have suffered. Although some may swear that honest tailors no longer exist, Tabita Doruka is a shining example that trustworthy professionals still exist in every trade (Acts 9:36-43).
Conclusion
Who betrayed you? Where do they come from? Were they a man or a woman? Maybe you were betrayed by a man, which makes you believe all men are bad. Or maybe someone from a certain region hurt you, and now you say everyone from that place is untrustworthy, trusting no one.
Even if you were hurt, blaming the entire group shows your heart is still wounded. While it may seem all tailors are untrustworthy, Tabita Doruka is a reminder that honest people do exist. God asks: “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?” (Jeremiah 8:22). Yet He also warns that the people’s wounds are worsened by their own false prophets (Jeremiah 6:14).
Though you have been hurt, God asks you not to despair or harbor hatred against your own people. Instead, love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18; Galatians 5:14; James 2:1). As God’s chosen ones, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another, just as the Lord forgave you (Colossians 3:12-13). For He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds (Psalm 147:3).
