There goes 17 bucks

I had an interesting encounter with a man who knocked on our door awhile back.  Sarah, Eme, and I were hanging out in the family room when this man knocked on our door.  I walked outside and started talking to him.  He went through a long story of what was going on in his life.  He somehow got locked out of his house, and said he needed some gas money to drive to dallas.  Long story short, he was asking me for some money.  His story seemed a little fishy, but I decided to hear him out.  I asked him, "How much do you need?"  He responded, "If I could get 17 dollars, I think I could make it." I thought the 17 was kind of a random amount, but told him I would go look inside and look to see if I had any money. I walked inside, opened my wallet, and sure enough I had exactly 17 dollars.  Seeing the 17 dollars, I sensed God had set up this encounter, so I walked outside and told the man that God had a gift for him.  The man was very thankful, and even responded by saying that he would bring back the money, with interest.  I told him not to worry about it, but he was very adamant about bringing the money back and putting it in our mailbox.  I walked away from that encounter definitely thinking that I would never see that 17 dollars again, but also knowing that God had led me to give the man the money.  A week later, still no 17 dollars in our mailbox, but we did receive an odd letter from Wells Fargo Bank.  We had just recently refinanced our house to get a lower interest rate, and sure enough the bank we refinanced with overpaid our old loan.  Guess how much was overpaid?  You got it, 17 bucks! Wells Fargo wrote us a check for 17 dollars!  When I got the check, I immediately thought of the strange man that knocked on our door and I just smiled at God.  This was yet another genuine encounter I had with the living God.  Not only me, but I believe that the man we gave the money to also had an encounter with the love of God.  I love the way God speaks to us and allows us to work with him! These encounters draw me close to God's love for me and get me excited about pursuing a deeper relationship with Him.