My 4th grade daughter is presenting her ancestry project at school today. She chose my wife’s mother as her relative to research. Her maiden name is Wicks, and her ancestry goes back to Ireland. We found the Wicks family crest with its family motto Cari Deo Nihilo Carent that means “Those dear to God want nothing.” As I work on arranging centuries old music for the album A Thousand Years, it is intriguing that centuries old family mottoes were expressions of faith in God. God as Creator and Father, and Jesus as Savior and Lord were absolutes – a beautiful testimony of living by faith. The Wicks family motto reminds me of the 23rd Psalm’s beginning, “The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.”
My family name is also Wicks so this was interesting to read. Thank you.
Nice motto.sean wicks
Very nice. I have this in my Weeks family crest.
Wesley, Thanks for investing time to read and comment on this. Blessings to you! – Stanton
My daughter had a family Heritage and she chose mine. I knew a little bit about our family. I wanna know more now that I’ve read some of this and the research her I did in our family motto is absolute beautiful.
Thanks for sharing James. God’s blessings to you and your family, Stanton
This also came up as the motto for my family name. My maiden name is Wicke.
How cool! Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment. Blessings, Stanton.