You Can Stop A Thief But You Can't Stop A Liar

In Jamaica we have a saying. "You can stop a thief but you can't stop a liar."
You can move the items away from a thief..but how can you stop a liar?
I've blogged about both my sisters. But my middle sister has gotten me so angry. I told her to just leave the house. To not return or acknowledge us. She's going to have to contact us because no one in the family is going to speak to her.
She had me so steamed I just had to go away and pray a good little prayer for forgiveness and the ability to be merciful.
I mean ok. I have blogged about the fact that for some years my sister was raped by a family friend. From the age of ten to thirteen in fact. The guy was arrested and put away for three years..(thanks justice system..for nothing). As a result she has been in therapy ever since.
She is a disobedient wilful child.The fact that we haven't strangled her or just left her in another state and driven away is a testament to God in our lives.
She steals. She stole money that was to pay the light bill and used all of it.She steals anything not battened down..she won't quit.She steals from stores, her friends, her teachers..everyone anyone...she takes the stuff.
She won't listen to anyone. We've tried talking to her. We're always wrong in her opinion. I'll give you an example of her behavior that I tried to talk to her about.She lit a fire in the backyard..and claimed she put it out..before she threw it over into the neighbour's yard. It was quite alive and burning merrily away..one good wind and that would have been it for the neighbour's house..and ours too..they're attached.
It would have been the case if my little sister hadn't come and gotten us right away..My mother beat her..yes I know the arguments here on the site..but we've tried every single thing to get through to her.
She's irresponsible. She talks back.She refuses to bathe..even during her time of the month. She's messy.She refuses to wear the clothes my mother buys and insists on dressing like some bag lady.Its crazy.
Now she goes to therapy and paints this picture that would have the therapist think we're all but running experiments on her. So now they've decided to report my mother.
Ok..my mother hasn't been going with her to therapy.My grandmother has. My mother is a nurse and works on call. I have to take care of my other sister and go to school..its not that my mother doesn't care..but she's the sole breadwinner for a family of six..she can't just drop whatever and go. She has done it before ..irregardless of water bills, mortgage and everything.She goes to be there for my sister and this girl has gone and said my mother deliberately beat her till she bled.
That was an accident and my mother has never beat any of us till we bled. In fact that was something self inflicted.Now my mother has to go through the ACS nightmare and my sister has nothing to say.
She curses at us..eats all the food in the house.At 13 she doesn't do her own laundry or clean her room. For some reason my grandmother feels obliged to do this for her.Where is the suffering? My mother asked her to sweep once and the language that came out of this child isn't worthy to be mentioned.She doesn't want to go to church..yet she decided herself to be baptized. We kept asking and asking if she really wanted this. She did. She told my grandmother this past Sunday "Church can kiss my ass." While we were having an amazing time this past Sunday, she scribbled all over her clothes! My grandmother washed it out..even though she wasn't supposed to! Where is the abuse?Where is the ill treatment?
So fine.We've agreed that if they want to take her they can.When she finds that she can't lounge in bed all day, use the phone or internet as she wishes, eat whenever she wants and whatever she wants, and is currently beaten up by older harder girls, she'll get the idea.
Its not an exaggeration of what will happen. My mother worked at a children's home. She took us up there to see what happens. If that's the life my sister wants she can have it.
I am so so upset with her..it doesn't make any sense. However, my mother and grandmother and I pray. So we will ride this out.