My wife has been thinking about the number 17 lately while in prayer. Sometimes you're not sure so you keep praying about it and seeing if anything comes to you. The reason is it has been 17 years since her stroke. We looked up the number 17 in a biblical sense, to see what it might represent. Interestingly enough we found this from biblestudy.org;

"In the Bible the number 17 symbolizes "overcoming the enemy" and "complete victory." God overcame the sins of rebellious humans when he began to flood the earth through rain on the 17th of the second Hebrew month. Noah's ark and its eight passengers rested on the mountains of Ararat on the 17th of the seventh month (right in the middle of God's annual Holy period known as the Feast of Tabernacles).

Jesus Christ gained a complete victory over death and the grave when God resurrected him near sunset on Nisan 17 (Saturday, April 8, 30 A.D.)."

Does this have anything to do with something happening on January 17? Not sure, but time will tell.