Back To Home Page To Archives - Spring of Life - H. Roger Bothwell John Ledyard In 1786 Thomas Jefferson, then American ambassador to France, supported a Connecticut Yankee by the name of John Ledyard in a dream to be the first recorded person to cross the American continent on foot. His plan was to go through Russia, cross into Alaska and walk to the Mississippi River. He planned to do it almost alone. He took two hunting dogs as companions. It seemed like a wild plan but who knows it might have worked had not Catherine the Great arrested him in Siberia. So much for dreams gone array. God Himself has had some dreams go array. One of them happened in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve decided to try it their way. Fortunately for all of us God did not give up on them but put dream “B” into action. Dream “B” actually was a nightmare for God. It required the sacrifice of Jesus. But the end result is His dream. He wants you and me to join Him in an eternal journey not across the sea bound shores of a single continent but across the endless reaches of the universe making John Ledyard’s failed journey look like nothing. Don’t let Him down. Join Him. Have the adventure of your eternal life. I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is hrb1@tiac.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past devotionals can be accessed at Archives