Years ago Art Linkletter had a portion of his show dedicated to showing us that kids will sometimes say the most unusual things. In a similar way, Allen Funt's Candid Camera showed us that people of all ages will sometimes do the strangest things. Well, the people of God have also been caught doing the strangest, most unusual things.

Abraham left his homeland and familiar surroundings to go to a land that God promised to give to him, a land he had never seen. Moses gave up his quiet life in the country to go back to Egypt, where he was wanted for murder, in order to lead the people of God out of their bondage. David gave up his simple life as a shepherd to become king over Israel, even though it meant he spent much of his life on the battlefield.

And what about Amos who gave up his idyll…