The Shocking Moment When Randy Travis Performs "Three Wooden Crosses"

[@MrLboydReacts]

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[@scottdonohue3379]

The point of the story was that the preacher gave his Bible to the hooker as he was dying. It had such an impact on her that she got her life together and raised her son reading to him from the blood stained Bible the dying preacher gave her. In turn her son went on to become a preacher and was sharing the story of the accident that led to him being there and being a preacher. It’s a redemption story. The hooker was lost and searching to find herself. In the end she raised a good son who went on, at least apparently, to be a preacher who could help others.

[@aliceguinty8129]

Good job explaining, and thanks because I don't think he even got it. at first he stopped the song to say a truck driver died. Then he stopped the song to talk about morals of the hooker. Not even getting that the preacher in the end was the hooker's son. I kept hollering at him "NO!! Be quiet and just listen". hahahahaha

[@dianabaker6171]

out of all the times I've heard this song, I just now thought of something else. Had that not have happed, the hooker, very well may have never had picked up a bible.

[@jackmandu]

I’ve listened to this song dozens of times and it just hit me that the hooker was looking for her own lost soul.

[@ericwillison4011]

Spot on analysis. Christians, even in their dying moments, are looking to help others become more than they are. This is antithetical to their portrayal in media culture. Don't get frustrated that our reactor hasn't yet realized the true meaning of the song. Be patient with him. He said he enjoyed the song a great deal and anyone who likes a song will likely play it again, the next time in a setting wherein he doesn't have to worry about KZbin issues.

[@beloitbadgers5821]

It's shouldn't matter if she was a hooker .. RELIGION IS TERRIBLE I'LL SEE YALL ALL IN HELL

[@bendailey6070]

The woman that the preacher gave the blood stained Bible to survived, and lived to give birth to a boy that became a preacher to others including the man that's telling the story.

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

I’m not a religious person, but this song makes me cry every time I hear it.

[@ginnywithag5046]

I am a believer and very spiritual. I cry near every single time on hearing it. It's a beautiful song. It makes one think of how very much her life must have changed after this accident.

[@boomer63]

I'm a religious person and this song never fails to give me goosebumps.

[@joemckinley754]

I am not what you would call a religious person and I'm not "spiritual" in the sense of how the world uses that word. I am a sinner who was redeemed by the blood of Christ. Forgiven. I cry when I hear this because I know this redemption story. You cry because you know something inside that you are fighting because maybe you don't want to admit it. God bless you for sharing.

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

@@joemckinley754 I respect your beliefs. I just don’t share them… That’s ok. It’s ok to disagree. I wish you nothing but the best, sir.

[@jameseyman9078]

I was raised on Randy Travis. Its such a shame he can no longer sing like this. Music was his life and that was taken away from him as he suffered a severe stroke in 2013. There's an amazing video of Kane Brown covering this song when he was being interviewed on a radio station. The station surprised Kane by sneaking Randy into the studio as Kane was singing. Kane is very young and the expression on his face when he realized Randy was there..... Talk about star struck!

[@svn0one195]

yeah Kane Brown's version is amazing, and i cannot possibly recommend Patricia Holly's enough

[@PrincessNottingham]

Yeah that was sooooo cool being surprised by Randy strolling in while Kane was singing.

[@joeymcbrayer]

Randy Travis’ voice is pure country gold. He deserves your attention. “On The Other Hand”, “Deeper Than The Holler”, “Forever and Ever, Amen”, “Diggin’ Up Bones”, “Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart” just to name a few.

[@wildwesternmedicine]

Live version of "A Horse Called Music"

[@pat_in_va8605]

I think Mr. Travis would have given us so much more music to love if fate had been kinder to him.

[@jessetaylor8912]

That last verse still gives me chills every time please check out forever and ever amen and deeper than the holler

[@HandspunTreasures]

I second both of these songs and the sentiment in this statement.

[@lefty3141591]

So many great songs by Randy. Two of my favorites are "Deeper Than The Holler" and "Diggin' Up Bones"

[@franquil85conn]

On the other hand too

[@brendadickenson6743]

There are many places where a man put up 3 wooden crosses. And in the story in the song the preacher asks the hooker” candy you see the promised land?” And then the preacher telling this story in church holds up the Bible the preacher gave her when he handed her the Bible as he died. So to me it is a story of redemption and leading others to salvation as that Bible led the lady and then she was a preacher’s mother.

[@naomiwarner7117]

Yes, Redemption and, salvation.

[@johns881]

If you havnt listened to Randy Travis’s Christmas album you’re doing yourself a disservice. Been on the must play for 30+ years. Simply perfect.

[@cripplious]

Forever and Ever Amen is another great Randy Travis song

[@katm4335]

You missed a big part of the song, you need to re-listen to the chorus and the end. Its not about morals or who should survive its about what changes can be made with a good life that's sacrificed for another. The Hooker lived, and she took that blood stained Bible and changed her life, had a son who became a Preacher and preached from that very same Bible. That's the moral of this story. Its not that the "good" or "morally correct" should always be the ones to be saved, it's that "good" can come from a good person being sacrificed and doing all the can to change another persons life. Randy Travis is a legend, will always be a legend. He's still kicking even though he suffered a massive stroke a few years back and can no longer sing or play guitar, he's still in Nashville and can get around and communicate some. But he influence the singing careers of Josh Turner and Scotty McCreery, who if you've not checked out on your channel you definitely should, they are both great baritone/bass vocalist. Josh Turner would be "Long Black Train" or "I Wouldn't Be A Man", Scotty McCreery would be, "5 More Minutes" or "This Is It" or "Damn Straight". Hope you enjoy.

[@edithdavis2848]

Would add Fire Cracker to Josh Turner s list

[@stuartjohnson5686]

Jesus said he didnt come to call the righteous and Chistianity is only religion for the unrightesss, all the others based on idea you earn salvation by being "good".

[@sandralorenz1796]

You are the first reactor that actually got who survived right away. One of Randy's best.

[@doubleh6062]

Oh, MrLboyd, you missed the twist in the song! The line about the preacher saying “Can’t you see the promised land?” as he lay the blood-stained Bible in the hooker’s hand, would indicate that the hooker died, and the preacher lived. She’s dying, he just shared the gospel with her, and says, “Can’t you see the promised land? You’re going to heaven.” When you hear the line, “That’s the story our preacher told last Sunday, as he held that blood-stained Bible up for all of us to see,” you THINK it’s the same preacher. He’s telling the story of the crash he survived, wondering why his is not the fourth wooden cross on the side of the highway. THEN he lowers the boom on you. For the man who held the Bible up, and told the story of the crash, said, “God bless the farmer and the teacher…and that preacher who gave this Bible to my mama, who read it to me.” Only then do you realize it was the hooker, and not the preacher, who survived.

[@hellbillyjr]

Randy Travis is a national treasure. I tear up everytime I see him on TikTok. The man could sure sing

[@Serene80]

Randy Travis has SO MANY great songs!!! So sad he had that stroke and probably won't be able to go out on the road again.

[@heidifruchtl354]

Saw him live over 20 years ago. I've always loved his music. He sang this, and his signature song, forever and ever, amen

[@elischultes6587]

I got free lawn tickets probably to that tour. Would have been the late summer 99’.

[@TheGoat-oj9hs]

@@elischultes6587 how was it?

[@sarahcontento9516]

I love this song. It shows that God is in control and wanted to give the woman extra time to find Him. I also like Randy's song "pray for the fish."

[@sadiekincaid5310]

My favorite Randy Travis song is forever and ever amen. It's a good song to listen to.

[@cindyphifer970]

Randy has so many great songs. It's a matter of time, Digging up Bones, Forever and Ever Amen, I Told You So

[@shelleytorok1406]

NOT about morals. About a soul saved that then raised a child that saved souls.... Leave good behind you.... The preachers last act inspired her to turn her life around

[@johnathansandlin6771]

Love randy travis, one real ass dude!!! Love his music, his compassion for others, he actually lives not to far from me, he is a true soul!!

[@lordgenerias]

Randy Travis is one of the greatest country singers ever to do it. His voice inspires so much emotion. And this song always gets me to shed a few tears. The best songs are the ones that tell stories that, when you close your eyes, you can see playing out before you. I believe country music, *proper* country music, is one of, if not the, best styles to do that.

[@paulwhite5840]

I like Randy Travis but this is new for me. Goosebumps!

[@aaronhonigsfeld2735]

I love Randy Travis!!! “Forever and ever amen”

[@garysands3147]

Damn who picked it im with ya

[@tobiaswalker7562]

This is the best version of this song I've heard

[@marystewart1125]

There’s three wooden crosses all over West Virginia and other states along the highways. Randy touches my heart.

[@Robinjoy45]

Randy is in the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry. He single handedly saved country music in the 1980's with his country music stylings and later in Gospel.. He suffered a bad stroke that he has been fighting tooth and nail to recover

[@howrued1500]

His ‘More Life’ is a MUST SEE & frankly a must hear for all of us!!! It’s on his 25th Anniversary album which featured his songs in duet; this one features Don Henley (not too shabby🥰). Randy performed it live on his Anniversary special & mere months later had the tragic stroke which robbed us all of that divine voice. But as this song says- it’s what you leave. What beautiful music he has left for us all & he continues to inspire in his recovery!!!!! MORE LIFE by Randy Travis please!!! Stay safe and love much💖

[@bettybolden2446]

I love this song he is one of my favorite singer

[@TradMommy]

One of the best troubadours

[@melissacaddell2604]

His voice is so comforting. I love his music.

[@11antun]

Heven is for the ChooseN! we are here because we have a way to go!

[@grayghostoutdoors1380]

Pray for Randy... He needs it 😭

[@cynthiacowan8422]

Always gets me tearing up

[@kathyhill9078]

I always get goosebumps when I hear this song. So good.

[@Melissa-jp8ps]

Im just over here shook because I was reminded in this video that this song is 20 years old!

[@delbertreno8089]

One of my favorites from him is " He walked on water!" Great song , sung as only Randy Travis could

[@jdwason1]

I have always found that the message is 2 fold. The first is that, like many have already said, the impact of someone transcends their mortal existence. The second message I have always thought the song carried is that no one is beyond redemption and the love of God.

[@biggs8021]

This is such a powerful song

[@richardbailey1295]

Randy Travis 'He Walked on Water' good one.

[@chris6186]

she is the one that belongs to the world.......

[@Dee-eq1pg]

Such a great song.

[@brucwayn6403]

an amazing story

[@edithdavis2848]

My favorite Randy Travis song The Survived changed her life, Her SON became a Preacher carrying the bible. Morals???? Go back listen again. He said ( it's about what you leave behind, not what you take. Farmer left a farm & 80 acres and a son who loved growing things, the Teacher left behind young minds filled with wanting to learn. The Preacher left his Bible with the Hooker who read it to her son,who be came a Preacher passing on the learnings from that Bible.

[@jeanday9747]

I cry every time I hear this song. Good reaction.

[@kylesummers1565]

Peace, Love!!

[@JCourts2k23]

Randy Travis is a legend!.

[@GranpaMike]

Lots of great songs on that album. Thanks for doing this one, Randy is awesome.

[@pattimillsap8320]

Randy Travis Angels

[@SickGirlRocks]

This is one of the most amazing songs and it makes me cry every time I hear it 🧡🧡

[@kimberlywiederhold627]

Another good song by Randy is Drive Another Nail.

[@eleandravanhooser1676]

God knows ours hearts and he knew that woman would turn her life around if given the chance.

[@leatherheads6235]

Randy Travis is 1 of the best

[@driggs2109]

Randy is hands down one of THE BEST storytellers in music!!! This has always been one of my absolute favorite songs of his, and it makes me cry every single time. Thank you so much for reacting to it. You should react to Alan Jackson's "Monday Morning Church". It's beautiful and I really think you'd like it.

[@billolsen4360]

Love your reactions 😀

[@Corsina]

One of my favorites of his is Better Class of Losers. So great! On The Other Hand is really good as well.

[@kerodelkigh]

as a Christian she was the one that needed saving not the others and she had a greater purpose

[@battycowboy]

I.miss Randy so much hope he bounces back from his stroke 🙏 😢

[@holyroller6978]

I might not say that it is a story about morals as it is redemption. The song infers that because her life was spared and because of the Word of God she found in the Bible that she turned her life around. So much that she raised her son on the Word of God and he became a preacher. We all have problems with morals, and we all need a Redeemer. Very beautiful song and a big Randy Travis fan. First time on your channel and I like what I saw and heard. ✌️👍

[@christopherhebert9069]

Perhaps God’s mercy gives us as much time as we need until God realizes there’s no more chance for change?

[@robertlayne4581]

A man ain't made of stone.

[@ArleneAdkinsZell]

Thank you for a wonderful reaction, if you haven't heard it yet, please react to Diggin up Bones by Randy Travis.

[@vickybrackin7483]

Gotta react to I Thought He Walked On Water!! Reminds me of my grandpa everytime!!

[@roniboyd613]

Thank you! One of my fave songs sung by one of my fave singers💖

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nice reaction

[@Angelina14799]

I also feel like it's a story of second chances and the transformative power of God's salvation.

[@thomasstokes1949]

My favorite reaction channel on KZbin!

[@marcusquesenberry8698]

Sad yes, but it's very uplifting and good example of why we all should follow "Judge not, lest ye be judged"

[@debbie4555]

He had a stroke. And fighting to get his voice back. Loved him from the beginning

[@patrickhumphreys5851]

Randy Travis is a iconic singer in county music and it's a real shame he had a stroke.

[@blairkimberlin3447]

he can sing the telephone book and i would love it

[@francismcknight724]

Did you miss it? Your reaction suggests you missed it. Four people travelling on the bus. The farmer and the teacher both died. As did the preacher whilst placing his bible in the hookers hand. "That's the story that OUR PREACHER told last Sunday, as he held that BLOOD STAINED BIBLE up for all of us to see. Thank the farmer and the teacher AND THE PREACHER, who gave this bible to my MOMMA WHO READ IT TO ME. The PREACHER who told the story at church's momma was the hooked from the bus, who obviously changed her ways after the accident

[@Rosiepooh75]

Exactly! And this leads to the hook: it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it's what you leave behind you when you go. The preacher leaving her his Bible changed her life and that of her son, who in turn as a preacher impacted and changes many lives. There is no moral judgement here at all. Randy's music has never been about that, even in his gospel songs

[@TheRealRamRam]

I had the same thought.

[@heidifruchtl354]

You are not the first person to say this about an artist. Heard another reactor say that about pentatonix, and then found out that PTX was on sesame Street. He reacted and loved it.

[@greggsparks6017]

I never understood why they haven't made a movie about the story leading up how they all came to be on the same bus. I can see the whole story in my mind.

[@cynthiawall7073]

Wow!

[@trevorstewart7176]

Man the damn disease took so much time and amazing songs from all of us

[@jayjordan9582]

It's always had great lyrics, I loved the "two of them were searching for lost souls" in refrence to the preacher & the hooker, searching for lost souls for differnet reasons but still a nice lyric. The point of the song was that it's what we leave behind us when we go that matters, the preacher left his faith even as he died, passing his bible to the hooker. Theoretically, she turned her life around & raised her son reading from the bloodstained bible, the son in turn grew up to be a preacher, bringing it all back to it's not what we take when we go but what we leave behind.

[@leslieoneal4464]

YES!!!!! I don't honestly know how so many people miss this?!?!

[@bambamnj]

I would totally agree with the point that some other commenters have made. I think the story is not so much about morals. I think WE as people immediately go to morals due to the four individuals involved. I feel the story is much more about our actions while we are living and not knowing the far reaching affects of every little action we take. There is no way that the Preachers would have know that his last action of giving the Bible to the woman would result in creating another Man of God, who most likely affected the lives of hundreds of other people. I kind of look at this story from a different perspective, based on the word that Randy gives us. The Farmer passed on his love of working the earth and raising crops to feed others, so his legacy lives on in his son(s), the Teacher left her knowledge and wisdom in the children she taught, so her legacy lives on in those children, the Preacher, we have to assume, helped lots of people through his ministry. So those three had accomplishments and it could be said their work on Earth was done and they gained their reward by now being in Heaven. The Hooker on the other hand really had nothing to show for her life. Other than providing temporary pleasure to her clients, she really had no legacy.... until the Preacher gave her the Bible. Making assumptions here.. she read the Bible, straighten our her life. Had a son, who became a Preacher himself and created his own legacy similar to the first Preacher by helping people through his ministry, which would have never happened if not for the Hooker.

[@michellewest4796]

The assumption you're meant to have made is that all 4 passengers died but nobody loved the hooker enoughto make a cross for her. Then the revelation that she survived and read the preachers Bible to her son who became a preacher was meant to be a transformation of emotions.

[@brianhightower943]

Randy Travis song _ Just a Matter of Time.

[@Serene80]

ON THE OTHER HAND, please!!!

[@MH-yd9he]

Randy Travis is a country great! So sad he can’t sing like he used to

[@blueskieskoda2833]

I realize I am really late on this song but my personal take on it was that however unfair it is to leave this world when we don't want to go, 3 of those people were able/ready to meet this sad ending. Having left a legacy behind and having a after life to look to. One did not yet have that in their life. So when the accident happened and the miracle of having her life spared, then double down on that idea with the preacher giving her his bible before his passing it changed something in her. The whole thing became life altering for. Perhaps she was with child when the accident happened so the incident change forever, two lives for the better. The story always makes me cry but both out of happiness and sadness. Life is full of good and bad it is how we walk though it that defines us. I love this song and the choices it presumes to make with the people in it's story. Thank you for sharing this. Just sayin...

[@DH-xw6jp]

The farmer raised a farmer to replace him The teacher taught the next generation of teachers The preacher gave his bible to the hooker, who them read it to her son amd he grew up to become a preacher. The only morals in the song is "leave more good than you take"

[@wandadavis2124]

Yes!! Exactly!! He was getting caught up on a hooker being in the story. The story is about being a good person and leaving a good legacy.

[@aliceguinty8129]

Thank you!! Such a simple message. So beautiful in it's simplicity.

[@elischultes6587]

Randy reacting to Kane Brown singing is quite the emotional experience. Kane was the guy that Ryan Upchurch was making fun of in Said F It. I at first was thinking the preacher was holding the Bible into the dying hands of the lady.

[@angelabarazzone7899]

Ryan and Kane are very good friends. It was done in a fun way.

[@nextlevelsports8324]

No, it’s about GRACE!

[@MrDaleStroud]

He gottchya! I saw that micro-expression that hit your throat and eyes! That’s okay, it’s get me as well.., 😜😜😜

[@Dragon-Lady]

This song is one of those that always makes me cry (including while I was watching this video.) If it comes on the radio while I'm driving, I have to change the channel. Did you catch in the last verse, the preacher telling the story is the son of the 'lady of the evening.' It's sort of implied that she was pregnant at the time of the accident.

[@gailvolm3862]

God has plans for each of us, and it isn't what we take with us, it's what we leave behind when we go. The woman was given the time and opportunity to grow and leave behind her a godly testimony, and a son who also loved the Lord. He lived his life to proclaim the grace of God to all willing to listen, that this life inevitably bleeds into eternity, so each of us gets to build a living testimony to Him to leave behind when we go. This is indeed a bittersweet story, that ends with gratitude and hope for each person touched by all of those on the bus, plus all those they left behind when they entered eternity. It gloriously tugs at our heartstrings as we listen; because our soul hears God calling to each of us. What will you leave behind you when you go?

[@upwithdowns]

It's about God has a plan. We have to have faith in that.

[@krissielongknife1479]

Sir, it's about redemption!

[@Daisy-bn6rp]

Please check out Randy Travis pray for the fish or when mama prayed both is very good songs

[@jeffrichards1537]

I can't listen to this song with out tearing up. Please oh please react to Nitty gritty dirt bands version of "Will the circle be unbroken". Wont regret it..

[@stephenwheeler6747]

another great story song is The Box

[@brendadickenson6743]

Remember 2 we’re looking for lost souls. The preacher and the hooker. She knew she was lost, and the preacher helped save her soul.

[@sabrenas6849]

I think she was the one who needed more time to make her life better :)

[@fredberry1342]

Forget about the truck driver his part in the story is over at the crash. It is just about the four in the bus.

[@FentumGames]

The first time I listened to this song I, like most people, thought the hooker didn’t get a cross because she was sinful and looked down upon society. However this song magically hits you with a plot twist. Amazing.