The Potter's Wheel
Keep the rhythm. Let Him shape the clay. A rhythm game on the wheel. A ring closes on the rim to a steady beat; tap when it meets, and the vessel rises true. Miss, and the clay wobbles, but it is never thrown away: the Potter makes it again. Twelve beats, three stages, one finished vessel every time.
- Players
- Solo
- Kind
- Calm, New
- Built on
- Jeremiah 18:4
- Cost
- Free, inside Living Bread
How to play
- Sit at the wheel. The ring begins to close on the rim about once a second.
- Tap the moment the ring meets the rim. A true beat raises the vessel a little.
- Miss the window and the clay wobbles visibly; the count of times the Potter remade it grows, but the vessel keeps rising.
- Watch it pass through its stages: a lump, rising walls, a bowl taking shape, a vessel finished.
- After twelve beats the vessel is complete regardless of how many wobbles, and the truth is read over it.
- Sit again for another vessel.
A session, start to finish
Sit at the wheel and the ring begins to close. Tap, tap, tap, and the lump becomes walls, becomes a bowl, becomes a vessel. Miss a beat and it wobbles, hard, and the word on the screen changes to say He makes it again. Twelve beats later the vessel is finished, wobbles and all, and the last screen counts what was reshaped rather than what was lost. Most people sit at the wheel twice.
The Scripture it stands on
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Jeremiah 18:4, King James Version
What it forms in you
Patience with your own marred places and confidence in the Potter's hands. The mechanic makes it impossible to fail into the trash heap; every wobble is reshaped, not discarded.
Who it is for
Anyone who has been told they are too far gone, perfectionists, people in recovery, and those who want a calm minute that lands as grace.
A reflection
Marred in the hand of the potter, and made again. Which wobble are you still holding against yourself that He has already reshaped?
Questions people ask
Can I lose?
No. A vessel is finished on every play. The only variable is how many times the Potter reshaped it, and that is the point.
How precise does the tap need to be?
Generous. The window is wide enough that rhythm, not reflexes, carries you.
How long is a play?
Twelve beats, about fifteen seconds, plus the word at the end.
Play it in Living Bread
The Potter's Wheel lives inside the app with every other game, your progress, and the family to play it with. Open in Living Bread App Store Google Play
