New Year's Revelations

This past Sunday Nate said, as part of his message, that we need to have a New Year's revelation instead of a New Year's resolution. This just confirmed what I've been feeling for a long time. I feel that the revelation God has given me for this next year is I need to get connected and build relationships. I've been feeling for awhile that I really need to find a mentor so that is a huge goal of mine for this year. I've never actually had a mentor and lately I've been CRAVING it. Maybe it's because I'm a mom now, maybe it's because of the battle in my inner monologue, or maybe it's because that's just the way it's supposed to be and that's the way God designed it to be. Whatever the reason I need it to happen this year.
I've also been craving women in my life so it's important to me to find, and get connected, in a woman's small group starting this year. I'm excited about this but also nervous because it means putting myself out there and opening myself up to women that I don't really know, which can be hard when you struggle with a fear of rejection. I know this is an important piece of my puzzle for this year though so it's important that I seek this out.
The last part of my revelation is that I need to make an effort to spend more time with God. For someone with my Type-A personality it's SO easy to see the "to do" list as more important than sitting down and spending time with God. That is why this is going to be the hardest and most challenging part of the revelation to fulfill but I know God has spoken to me and so it's important.
It's funny because I feel like I haven't really heard from God much lately, probably my own fault for not listening, but I feel so clearly that these are the things that God wants me to work on this year. He has confirmed it through Nate's message and then through Matt. God gave Matt a word for me yesterday morning while he was praying about me: this is a year of connection; I hadn't even talked to Matt about any of this. Yep, God is speaking LOUD AND CLEAR!