Loving God for His Gifts

Jesus' popularity peaked after healing and feeding multitudes. The crowd of followers quickly dwindled to just a few after He spoke of eating His flesh and drinking His blood.

In a sense am I like the multitude that turned away? I'm in with the Lord for all the plainly good things He promises. But when faced with a difficult teaching do I turn away? Rather than grapple to understand what He says through the Apostles do I prefer to just stay in the fog and not follow Him in the tough sayings?