Reginald Foreman is the creator of Godly Image, a clothing line with the purpose of showing everyone that we are all created in God’s Image. “I want Godly Image to be the Sean John/ Fubu of Faith and Fashion,” said Foreman.
Both Mark Anthony, located in the St. Louis Mills, and Shine, an online boutique, are interested in selling Godly Image clothing.
Foreman was met with some tribulations on his path to a better purpose. He grew up in Chicago with his mom, who struggled with drug addiction. He became heavily involved in the streets and ran with the wrong crowd. His parents decided that it would be best for Foreman to move to Miami to live with his father. At first, his father provided a stable and strict household.
“They put gorillas in cages,” he said his father used to warn him. “I was so angry.” Foreman remembered.
Then his father and stepmother divorced, and his father was laid off from work. Once again, Foreman started hanging out with the wrong crowd. He was expelled from three different schools. He enrolled in the Job Corps program, but later was kicked out. His father eventually disappeared, leaving him to fend for himself at age 18.
Unable to find employment, he turned to other means of survival. Having witnessed his mother struggle with drug abuse, he did not sell drugs. He decided to become a hired robber, but his first attempt didn’t go as planned. Instead of getting the bag of money, after wrestling with an armed guard he got away with a bag of bank receipts instead.
His next attempt involved breaking into a house. But the safe he stole was empty.
He now believes that was God telling him to stop what he was doing. He always felt that he had a relationship with God, but he didn’t understand it or recognize it for what it was.
At the age of 19, in the process of robbing a bank, he robbed a woman. The police were able to track the phone he carried with him in the woman’s purse, and he was arrested. Sentenced to four years in a state penitentiary and four and a half years in a federal prison, his days of robbing were over.
“We are all created in God’s image.” He read this scripture in prison, and it resonated with him. He accepted Christ into his life.
After serving four years, he was released from prison, thinking his time was served. At the age of 25, he moved to St. Louis to live with his aunt. He attended New Life Church in God in Christ, worked at a temporary labor agency and dated a woman he believed God intended to be his wife. Things were looking up.
Then in February 2004, U.S marshals showed up at his aunt’s house. It turns out Foreman still owed the state four and a half years he thought had been exonerated. He renewed his relationship with the Lord behind bars.
When he was released again, he returned at St. Louis Community College, then stopped attending class and found employment at Sun Graphics.
It wasn’t until 2013 Foreman decided to step on faith and move forward with his clothing line. He took a $1,000 of his income tax refund from his previous job and used it to embark on his entrepreneurial journey. He purchased business cards, started a website and made appearances on STL TV, Hallelujah 1600 and Inspired Overflow radio.
He said he believes his purpose is to inspire. Through his journey, filled with trials and tribulations, Foreman said he wishes he would have trusted in God earlier in his life.
“I’m my happiest,” Foreman said, “when empowering people through my story.”
To reach out to Reginald Foreman or to purchase Godly Image clothes, visit http://shopgi.bigcartel.com/ .
