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16-year-old Beau Richey wasn’t happy. He didn’t connect with the people around him. Then his family began to notice something different. He started to be a friend to almost everyone he met. His smile was infectious and he often brightened others’ days.
Several months later, Beau and his friend Austin were riding ATVs at their family ranch in Colorado. Then tragedy struck. Beau’s vehicle suddenly flipped over, pinning him beneath 400 lbs of steel and rubber. Despite best efforts to save his life, Beau died in a hospital a few hours later.
That’s when the miracle came.
A police officer handed Beau’s cell phone to his mother, Liz Moeller. A reminder alarm was sounding. The phone screen said: “Make Christ the center of your life.”
In that moment of tragedy and grief, his mother came to a realization. “That’s exactly why Beau was so happy,” she later said.
Beau’s parents soon began to piece together the story. The reminder sounded every hour from 8 am to 12 am, or every waking hour. Beau’s bishop told them that each time this alarm went off, Beau would do one of three things. He would:
1. Read a scripture
2. Pray
3. Serve someone
Elder Craig Zwick, an emeritus member of the Seventy for the LDS Church, was so inspired by Beau’s story that he recounted it in his October 2017 General Conference talk, “Lord, Wilt Thou Cause that My Eyes Be Opened.”
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