The truth is that Paul’s life was not only “poured out” at the very end, when his life on earth came to a conclusion. In a real sense, his life was being “poured out” the whole time he lived, as he gave up all that was important to him; in a real sense he “poured out” his life all along as he served God. Instead of spending life in ways that might have pleased him — his own pleasures, family, career, etc. — he “poured it out” for God instead. His whole life, after he met Christ, was in a sense a “drink offering” to the Lord.
--Shawn Thomas
Image source: The Conversion of St. Paul, St. Paul Cathedral, Tirana, Albania, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1785622648381496
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