Ecclesiates 3:5 - No hugs for you...

A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.

This is messing with my head. It's in this fortnight's study for those of you in a Hillsong Connect Group. I'm not too sure I get it - why should there be a time to shun embracing? Being the touchy-feely guy that I am, I'm always looking to get hugs from people. Some of my friends spend there lives trying to avoid my hugs (you know who you are :P). Hi-5's all-round people...
I've looked at a few commentaries on this and found nothing. Most translations phrase it the same way (including the message, but see below for something interesting about that...).

Perhaps God is saying that there should come a time when we need to stand up on our own two feet, be an adult, and walk in the confidence God has given us? Not too sure. Feel free to leave a comment if you think of a reason.

Steve

*** On the Message side of things...

Let's look at how various translations express Eccl. 3:5a -

• NASB - "A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;"
• NKJV - "A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones;"
• NIV - "a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them"
• NLT - "A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones"

So far pretty similar, right? Check out the Message paraphrase...

• Message - "A right time to make love and another to abstain"

A Jewish metaphor perhaps? Maybe :) - but I checked the commentaries again and found nothing... Plus that's just plain stretching the imagination a bit too much I think... Just a warning to those of you who rely soly on the Message for your daily reading.