Stop Overspiritualizing

Overspiritualizing is the worst. Overspiritualizing tries to make something more than what is really there. Forgive me as I self-righteously whine. All of the grumbling that follows probably just reveals my own sinful and prideful heart. I guess I'm miffed at how I can't tell a certain friend about what's going on in my life, without her invariably dumping all this "admonition from Scripture" on me. I get it, you know your Bible well. But when it happens almost every single time I talk to you, it makes me not want to tell you what I'm feeling and struggling with. Like if I tell you about the people I'm working with on the Graduate Student Council, how is a lecture on how nonbelievers have different priorities in life suddenly relevant? Can't we just have a "normal" conversation? To be sure, I'm grateful for friends who are steeped in the word of God, this one included. She's well-intentioned and cares for me. Still, sometimes the best thing we can do is listen, empathize, and not immediately bury someone in Scripture.