My friend posted a status this morning about not taking things for granted, 'cause you never know when they'll be gone. Well, while the idea is greatly overused, I liked the status anyway because usually, if someone posts something like that, they're missing something they took for granted once and now don't have, and when someone likes your status, it makes you feel better, so I liked her status in hopes of making her feel better.
Anyway, reading her status made me wonder... Have I lost anything that I've taken for granted? I mean, I have lost some wonderful things, but I had never taken them for granted. And then I realize, yes, I have lost some I took for granted. A great measure of my purity was thrown out the window in the name of 'liove'- not even in the name of love! It wasn't love anyway. But still, because I wanted acceptance, and I wanted attention, I threw a great deal of my purity away, and I regret that. If I had gone back in time and told stupid fifteen-year-old me that it wasn't worth the loss, though, she would have done the same thing. 
After thinking about this, I look in the mirror, and I realize that I'm not the stupid fifteen-year-old girl I used to be. I've grown up a lot. God used the mistakes that I so willingly made to change me into His image. I would not be the person I am today if I had never made those same mistakes. And while I regret the wrong that I did, I do not regret the person who I am now. I'm not proud of her- I'm thankful for her, because I know that I am who I am because God is gracious enough to save and change even a sinner like me, and He continues to change me as I grow up. He's changing me into the person that He wants me to be, and I can't wait to find out one day exactly who she is, because I know that she will be amazing.
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound! It saved a wretch like me.