In my own mind I have answered that question many times: "Absolutely not! Not me! I will never leave Him! I am here forever!" I know you have answered the same way.
But the question "Will ye also go away?" makes us think about our own vulnerability. Life is no spiritual picnic. The words of the Apostles from another setting come quietly into our mind: "Lord, is it I?"7
We enter the waters of baptism with joy and anticipation. The Savior beckons, "Come unto me,"8 and we respond, taking His name upon us. Not one of us wants this journey to be a brief flirtation with spirituality or even a notable but finite chapter. The road of discipleship is not for the spiritually faint of heart. Jesus said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."9 "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."10
As we follow the Savior, without question there will be challenges that confront us. Approached with faith, these refining experiences bring a deeper conversion of the Savior's reality. Approached in a worldly way, these same experiences cloud our view and weaken our resolve. Some we love and admire slip from the strait and narrow path and "[walk] no more with him."