Famous Amos - "the burden bearer"

On Tuesday morning while driving to work I heard part of a sermon on Amos. How Amos was a shepherd/fig farmer living in a remote village, a veritable nobody of biblical proportion. How God picked this ordinary man and spoke through him to accomplish His purpose. So after hearing that sermon and reading the story myself, God has been infusing my thoughts with the story of this man. How God, at a particular point in time chooses people whom are ordinary or insignificant from the world's perspective to make an extraordinary impact today. For a while I couldn't figure out why He would not let this story leave the forefront of my waking thoughts. Finally He told me that I should look around and tell the Amoses (Ami, "Aim-eye"?) in my sphere of influence of their Amos-hood. So far I have told only one person, but if you are also one of those folks and reading this blog consider yourself informed.