EXPIRY DATE

(Baba is punishing Aduke, who is on her knees)

Aduke:- (Crying) I am sorry Baba. I won't do so again.

Baba:- Shut up. Useless girl. Are you a goat🐂? Why must you make the same mistake over and over?

Aduke:- I am finished ooo! Baba please...

Baba:- Idiot. Hold your tongue.
(Susan walks🚶‍♀ in)

Susan:- Good day Baba.

Baba:- Welcome o jare Susan. How are you?

Susan:- I'm fine Sir. And you?

Baba:- I'm fine o. Its only this stupid girl that wants to kill me.

Susan:- What has she done again Sir?

Baba:- Can you imagine? I sent her to buy a tin of milk for me, and she did not check the expiry date. By the time I did, it was expired. Just last month, she bought a tube of toothpaste for me, and it was also expired. Useless child...
(He wants to flog her again, but Susan restrains him.)

Susan:- Its alright Sir. Please forgive her. I will buy another for you.

Baba:- Ah, thank you jare my daughter. Omo daadaa.

Susan:- Please sit down awhile Sir. I have something very interesting to tell you.

Baba:- Is that so?
(He takes his seat.)

Susan:- Please permit me to release her Sir. I want her to listen too.

Baba:- Stand up, idiot. As stubborn as a goat.

Aduke:- (Wiping her tears) Thank you Aunty.

Susan:- Sir, I have been telling you to stop calling this girl names like idiot, stupid, goat and such.
You are an authority figure in her life, so there is great authority in your words. Any word you speak to her, is empowered to come to pass in her life. Its whatever you call her that she'll become.

Baba:- Is that so?

Susan:- Yes Baba. As you call her stupid, idiot etc, the more she will act so.

Baba:- Ah! then I must stop it o.
Susan:- Good. now on the issue of EXPIRY DATE, Baba do you know that its not only products that have expiry dates? We human beings too have expiry dates. But it is rather unfortunate that though we take great pains to check the expiry dates of products that we buy, we do not bother to ponder on the issue of our own expiry date.

Baba:- (Shocked) Oti o. How do you mean?

Susan:- Sir, every product made by a manufacturer has two dates: a Manufacturing date and an Expiry date. The Manufacturing date is the day it was produced or made, while the Expiry date is the day it will go bad or seize to be useable.
Likewise we human beings. Our Manufacturer is God Almighty Himself. Our Manufacturing date is the date we were born. While our Expiry date is the day we will die.

Baba:- Hmmmmn! Very interesting. Go on.

Susan:- It is only the Manufacturing date that we know. That is the birth date we celebrate yearly. But no one knows his/her Expiry date. It is only known to our Manufacturer, God Almighty.
The only thing we can do is to prepare for it. The Bible says, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement" (Heb. 9:27).
Once you expire or die, the next thing is to face judgment for the way you've lived your life on earth. And after the judgment, there are only two destinations: Heaven or Hell. Depending on how you lived while on earth.