Yosemite - Part I

My wife and I reveled in the power of Yosemite waterfalls gushing with snowmelt last week.
There were spectacular views of mountains, giant sequoias and flowered meadows - even a hulking black bear not far off the trail.
There was also a spiritual matter that unfolded in a new way for me at Yosemite...

We encountered El  Capitan as a unique experience. For quite some time we used binoculars to watch the thrilling rock climbers hanging from the granite monolith, making careful progress to the top.
A few miles down the road we spent many hours around Yosemite Falls, trying to take in the full view - but never quite saw the entire top-to-bottom drop.
And we kept finding ourselves drawn to Half Dome, a dominant view throughout the park. We even hiked a small portion of the 8 mile round trip to it's top.
Each of these three jewels in the Yosemite crown were under the constant scrutiny and reverie of hundreds of our co-visitors. Just seeing them one by one was a trip in itself.
But then we climbed Sentinal Dome...and Yosemite was forever transformed in my understanding.
You see, Sentinal Dome is about 4,000 feet above the valley floor. And suddenly, from a vantage point looking back toward our three unqiue valley friends - you realize that they are each linked to a long running, continuous wall of trees and granite.
If you start a line from El Capitan and follow the ridges and valleys, you'll come to the precipice of Yosemite Falls, and then across Mirror Lake and over to Half Dome -- you see it all from one view. Three unique and distinct visages, all combined through some mysterious, wonderful complexity into what everyone commonly refers to as, Yosemite.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
All combined through some mysterious, wonderful complexity into what we commonly refer to as God. Each unique and distinct.
You wouldn't have believed it standing at the base of El Capitan, neck craned back, staring 3,000 feet up its sheer cliffs. How could something so massive, so powerful be just a part of something even bigger ?
And yet...

What do you believe?