Three Wooden Crosses Lyrics

Lyric discussion by anotherday 

Cover art for Three Wooden Crosses lyrics by Randy Travis

I don't understand the lyrics.

I think they make sense if your religious, but all i got was it was a miracle because her kid became another preacher. I was kind of thinking man this preacher is a jerk believing that his mom survived because he was gonna be a preacher. Kind of self serving nonsense to me. but then again as a non religious person i see preachers as another type of businessman. I guess if you were the faithful type it would be a great thing.